Prime Minister Robert Abela on Tuesday refused to give details on the arrangement which will see the American University of Malta return to the government land in Marascala which was controversially handed to it in 2015. He promised, however, that the deal would be presented to parliament. On Monday, Abela announced that the government was revising the land concession as part of a “new vision” for the university project. The new deal will see AUM keep its Cospicua campus while dropping its plans to build a campus on Outside Development Land at Żonqor, Marsascala as well as plans to build a dormitory instead of a car park in Senglea. He said AUM will be returning the land in exchange for a campus expansion at Smart City. The prime minister speaking on Tuesday. Asked for further details on Tuesday, Abela said he was about to present the draft agreement to the Cabinet and if it was agreed, it would be tabled in parliament. "Everything will be public, the agreement will be moved for parliamentary scrutiny, there will be no side agreements, we believe in the principle of transparency," he said. He said the same applied for the site in Senglea where dorms were originally to be built...
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