Viral video of PA protester hints at broader development sprawl anger

People are fed up of the rich and powerful walking all over them and buying out governments. That, activists believe, is why a video of them last week confronting the Planning Authority, as it discussed building a huge fuel pumping station on pristine land, captured the public imagination. The video showed a young woman using a megaphone to chastise board members as they nervously twiddled their thumbs on Thursday. It was an instant viral success. “Thanks for destroying our future,” shouted Victoria Pisani, “Thanks for making Malta an ugly place to live,” she said, as board members looked on helplessly. Her heartfelt pleas resonated with thousands who shared, liked and commented on the video. “To be honest we were surprised too. It was viewed tens of thousands of times in the first couple of hours of us uploading it. We got hundreds of messages of encouragement and haven’t really had that sort of support and feedback before,” Andre Callus of Moviment Grafitti told The Sunday Times of Malta. Read: Petrol stations - a pipeline to concrete in the countryside Some 14 applications for new fuel pumping stations to be built on green land have been submitted to the authorities, four of...