Abela pledges to reintroduce media reforms, signals cautious path on planning laws after bills lapse

Prime Minister Robert Abela has vowed that a new legislature will revisit Malta's long-delayed media reform package while taking a more cautious, consensus-driven approach on controversial planning laws, following the lapse of several high-profile bills with the dissolution of Parliament ahead of the 30 May snap general election. The dissolution brought

Planning bills and media reform laws lapse as snap election halts Parliament

The controversial Planning Bills 143 and 144, alongside a package of long-delayed media reform laws - Bills 17, 18 and 19 - have lapsed following the dissolution of Parliament triggered by Prime Minister Robert Abela's call for a snap general election on 30 May. Among the most contentious pieces of legislation to fall were Bills 143 and 144, which

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