Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? The answer of course is a big no.

So how can I believe that the Nationalist Party has turned green when, while opposing the AUM Zonqor Point project, in the same breath it came out in favour of a racetrack which will be built on ODZ and takes 50 times more virgin land than the AUM is going to take at Zonqor? Words are cheap and actions speak louder than words. I also expect the Archbishop and the Church's Environment Commission to speak out against this infamous racetrack which I hope will never be built.

How can I believe all this blabber about the FIAU investigating accounts in Panama when the same unit did not investigate how certain people from the previous administration had millions deposited in overseas banks and were uncovered in other leaks? Everything is leaking out for all to see my dears.

It does not make sense that this unit randomly pick people and audits their income when suspect people are popping up here and there on all sides. The FIAU should begin with these suspect incomes. Money is like energy; it must come from somewhere. That this administration gave an amnesty instead of investigating where the money came from points to a collusion of parties across the political spectrum.

I am all in favour of the discourse against corruption and in favour of honesty, but I would like to see more checks and balances in Malta by independent authorities and planning laws which leave no loopholes.

Joe Portelli

Nadur