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3 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 7 OCTOBER 2020 NEWS PUBLIC CONSULTATION on the Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) Regula ons, 2020 Environment & Resources Authority Hexagon House, Spencer Hill, Marsa. Have your say on the proposed amendments to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Regula ons. The proposed amendments aim to consolidate the transposi on of the EIA Direc ve into the EIA process. These relate to: • The dissemina on and publica on of informa on rela ng to EIAs; • The taking into account of consulta ons and informa on gathered in various stages of the process, including the development consent procedure; and • The post-decision and monitoring procedures. Comments made will be considered in the finalisa on of the Regula ons and may be sent by 16th October 2020 on era.policy@era.org.mt More informa on may be found at h ps://era.org.mt/environmental-impact- assessment-amendment-regula ons-2020/ or by using the QR code indicated below. Disclaimer: Representa ons shall be registered and made public on ERA's website, together with details of the person making the submission unless anonymity is requested in wri ng by the person submi ng his/her representa on, in which case only the content of the representa on shall be made publicly available. THREE men have been arrest- ed after 23 kg of cannabis were discovered by police at around midnight on Monday. Police said the three men, a 19-year-old from Birzebbuga, and two 28-year-olds residing in Marsaxlokk, were being ob- served for a number of days. The three men were ob- served by police hauling car- ton boxes from a fishing vessel at the Marsaxlokk harbour. After surrounding the men, police proceeded to carry out arrests. A magisterial inquiry has been launched, with the men expected to be charged short- ly. Police investigations are on- going. Three arrested after police discover 23kg of cannabis CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Abela insisted that govern- ment's stand on migration was that Malta was full-up, accusing Grech of hindering his work in the EU by saying the opposite. "I do not agree with you when you said Malta was not full-up because it hindered my work at the European Council when I made the point that Malta was full-up," Abela said. Since becoming PN leader, Grech has called for a national conference on migration, push- ing aside the argument he had made during the PN leadership campaign that he did not believe Malta was full-up. Grech rebutted that the Prime Minister had not understood the scope of his proposal for a na- tional conference. PN deputy leader David Agius and PL deputy leader Daniel Mi- callef were also present for the meeting. The meeting between the two took place in parliament shortly after Grech took his seat as an MP. Grech sworn in as MP Grech was voted in as the ninth PN leader with 69.3% of party members' votes. Prime Minister Robert Abela passed a motion for Grech's elec- tion with the motion seconded by predecessor Adrian Delia. Grech was elected to parlia- ment through a casual election, with MP Ivan Bartolo giving up his parliamentary seat. Bartolo was only elected to parliament seven months ago after taking Marthese Portelli's seat on the Ninth District. Grech will be sworn in as oppo- sition leader today. In a short speech, Grech thanked family members and col- leagues within the party for their support. In comments to journalists after the meeting with Abela, Grech said the Prime Minister went on a monologue without under- standing the PN's call for a con- ference that would also discuss population apart from irregular migration. "The government has no plan to address its own policy to import foreign labour," Grech said, add- ing this had created undue pres- sure on the country. He also said Abela had forgot- ten that there was a damning re- port by the Auditor General on the Electrogas contract, reiter- ating his call for a public inquiry into the tender award. Grech takes his seat in Parliament New PN leader and Nationalist MP Bernard Grech

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