AFC bemoans lack of transparency on Qatari hotel

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday noted that no information has been publicised regarding the Government’s Urban Renewal Plan or the process employed in supposedly transferring ownership of lands on Carifesta Avenue to be utilised for the construction of a Qatari hotel.

“The AFC notes that no information has been made publicly available about either the Government’s Urban Renewal Plan or the process to be employed in transferring ownership,” the party stated in a release.

It was also noted that the government is in discussion with a company from Qatar to dispose of lands on Carifesta Avenue – namely NIS and GNS grounds, for the construction of a hotel and boardwalk, on the basis that these lands are State Lands.