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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 27 MARCH 2022 OPINION 3 LETTERS & EDITORIAL maltatoday | SUNDAY • 9 JULY 2023 Mikiel Galea Letters & Clarifications A PM on the way to Damascus I refer to your leader Bill28: One Man's Moral Code And Another Man's Lack Of Spine. Your editorial gives the impression that it was the President's moral stand that put pressure on parliament to enact the Bill as presented by Health Minister Chris Fearne. The entire practicing Catholic com- munity would have taken the same stance. Have we already forgotten the handful of correspondents who approved and promoted such a pro-life law? I, for one, in all humility, was lucky and indeed privileged in having the last letter published just three days before the law was passed. Our beloved bishops were consistently pro-life in their homilies. The other man's lack of spine was called folly. But perhaps the Prime Min- ister was on the way to Damascus when he heard the voice of the Lord and ac- cepted to do His will. After all it is his duty to ensure and steer laws with a Catholic flavour as a baptised and confirmed person. After all, good statesmen take heed of the advice of wise men and institutions. I consider the PM's contribution and decision as a master stroke. I wonder whether he has the time, will and urge to transform the 10 or so laws enacted during the last decade and dress them as armour against the decadent moral state we live in. Living in a non-religious age, all the other MPs should have the courage to take their religion more seriously and carry it to parliament where it is most needed. We need MPs who uphold a society with strong moral values. John Azzopardi Zabbar The audacity to sell drugs on the street A fortnight ago your newspaper had an interesting feature about drug trafficking taking place in open view on the streets of Paceville. The reporter also noted the lack of police presence in the entertain- ment hotspot. This is worrying because it gives the impression that these drug runners are so not bothered that they comfortably sell their wares in public without the need to be discreet. But this phenomenon is not confined to the streets of Paceville only. In Msida, where my mother lives, a similar phe- nomenon is going on. In some streets drug traffickers can be seen standing at corners during daytime, in full view of whoever happens to be passing by, wait- ing for their clients. What bothers me is the audacity of these people to openly carry out illegal acts in residential areas with no fear of being caught. I believe more police are required on the beat to act as a deterrent and give residents, especially the elderly, peace of mind. P. Bonello Birkirkara Ditch the hairpin NOW that works on the airport and Luqa junctions have been completed apart from the underpass at what used to be known as the Dinitrol roundabout, traffic is flowing much easier in the area. The two projects have long been com- ing but their positive impact can already be felt. One hopes that adequate signage and road markings are introduced to ease the confusion over which lane to pick to reach the final destination. The investment that has gone into road projects over the past 10 years is impressive and has made travelling eas- ier even if not necessarily faster because of congestion. But now one only hopes that the plans being contemplated for the Paceville-St Andrew's junction are as ambitious. The hairpin junction proposed along St Andrew's Road next to the Luxol Grounds will not help traffic flow easi- er but rather create a bottleneck along the road unless the hairpin feeds into a continuous third lane like the Żebbuġ junction. It would be better if instead of a hair- pin junction, the main road is shifted underground and a tunnel built to con- nect St Andrew's with the Pembroke ring road. Noel Pace via email