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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 27 MARCH 2022 OPINION 3 LETTERS & EDITORIAL maltatoday | SUNDAY • 15 JANUARY 2023 Mikiel Galea Letters & Clarifications Out-of-stock medications I was surprised by recent comments made by the PN MPs Ian Vassallo Hagi and Claudette Buttigieg (Malt- aToday, 4 January 2023) about their deep concerns, appeals and proposals to the government to sort out the problem of out-of-stock medications. May I remind these honourable PN MPs that Malta imports these med- icines from abroad and it has been prominently reported in all the inter- national press that there is indeed a serious global shortage. The Maltese health ministry has clarified this situation and informed the public that certain medicines that were on the shortage list had indeed arrived and were being distributed through the POYC scheme, and insist- ed that the situation is under control. Thank God the Maltese citizens in their majority know whom to believe when it comes to such matters. We still all remember the miserable, ter- rible and painful state of affairs in all aspects under the previous regime before the year 2013. Jean V. Agius Attard Bigotry at its best RIVER of Love pastor Gordon John Manché, for all his pro-Trump and American prosperity gospel shenan- igans, would not last a day in the good old United States of America, where the comedy and satire are far more merciless than here. What is baffling is how a country that until recently had abolished criminal libel, is now prosecuting both comedi- ans (as well as a couple of keyboard trolls) on the grounds of 'electronic misuse'. Is there somebody inside the police force who can guide these police inspectors at applying the law judiciously, instead of throwing all legal intelligence to the wind by sim- ply hauling people to court, making them waste money on legal fees, and leaving it to the courts to decide? What a deliberate waste of time and money! Shame on the Maltese police – that is something that An- gelo Gafà should be addressing right now. Justin Camilleri St Paul's Bay Is energy really cheap? IN Ireland, the public sector is re- quired by law to reduce carbon dioxide and other green-house gas emissions by 51% by 2030. In Malta, we have been avoiding greenhouse gas reductions like the plague, with our effort apparently being just a 19% bid by 2030, rather than the 40-50% targets in the rest of Europe. Sometimes I wonder what kind of Malta we would have had back in the day, namely in 2003, had the PN administration immediately imple- mented a waste recycling collection service: would we be in the need for an incinerator or a privatised bottling recycling service? What if the Labour administration had immediately pushed for a 20% renewables target for 2030, rather than relying on fossil fuel to power Malta (not to mention the massive tax-funded subsidies on gas and fuel). Instead, we are getting plaudits for having won a European exemption from reducing energy use by 10%! Is that even an achievement? Are we saying that energy wastage is some- thing to be proud of? In a recent contribution, Malta's National Energy and Climate Plan it was said that one of the measures to combat climate change was the building and expansion of new roads – if that is true, then we have really lost our marbles as a nation! Eric Mallia, Mellieħa