Malta’s public housing and planning oversight structures have recently attracted scrutiny following reports concerning overlapping roles held by a legal professional connected to key government boards. The situation involves lawyer Alicia Borg, who currently serves both as secretary to the Board of the Housing Authority and as a member of the appeals board within the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal (EPRT)....
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