‘We want open spaces’ - Senglea residents protest AUM extension

A large group of Senglea residents held a protest on Sunday over plans by the American University of Malta to extend its footprint on the Waterfront.
The protest was the latest in a series of activities led by the group ‘Action: Give us back our land’, a non-partisan organization that aims to raise awareness about the over-development in the harbour area.
Around a hundred people turned up for the protest in front of the area knownas the Knight’s Building, undeterred by the rain.[attach id=784077 type="video"][/attach]
Many were clad in red and yellow shirts and scarves, the eponymouscolours of Senglea.
The AUM is seeking to build an administration block between the Knight’s Building and il-Maċina as well as a dormitory closer to Senglea.
The activists said that the proposed development would obscure Senglea’s Sheer Bastion and reduce open spaces available to residents.“The people who should have organized this protest aren’t here today,” Joseph Tonna, who led the protest march, told Times of Malta.“I would have expected the local council to bring people together and tell them what is happening. There are people in better positions than me to act on this situation.”

Dr Tonna...