Alternattiva Demokratika- The Green Party supports Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar and other NGOs in objecting to the St John’s Co-Cathedral Museum’s planned expansion through excavations around the Co-Cathedral and the roofing over of its graveyard. AD hopes common sense and not partisanship will prevail in the discussion in parliament.

It does not make any sense to embark onto works which can modify the core of the historic centre of Valletta, the capital city of Malta which attracts so many for its typical baroque design.

AD Chairman Arnold Cassola stated that the St. John’s Cathedral Foundation could identify an appropriate building in some other part of Malta, and set up a museum entirely and solely dedicated to the 29 Goblain tapestries. “This would be a perfect example of niche cultural tourism, whereby a building of character would be rehabilitated and at the same time there would be diversification of the Maltese touristic and cultural product, with the relative economic benefit for the local population, in some other part of our country. It could also mean restoring a building, of which Valletta is full, which is currently in a state of disrepair.”