Former CEO of Infrastructure Malta Ivan Falzon took to Facebook to criticise the decision to close one of Victoria's main roads for the Santa Marija horse races, saying that the road has ended up as "a construction site with a smell of feces".

On Saturday, Republic Street in Victoria, Gozo, was closed off for the traditional Santa Marija horse races.

Falzon, posted a comment on social media against the closing off of the road.

Falzon said "whoever gave permission to close the main road (in a savage manner, causing permanent damage) in Gozo during the peak of the season to allow for a horse race when there is an equipped racecourse for this purpose less than two kilometres away, deserved an Olympic medal," he said sarcastically. He said that the main road was left smelling of faeces and resembling a construction site.