The government is considering doubling the payout to monti hawkers to reduce the number of stalls, enabling it to return to its original plans to relocate the market to Valletta's Ordnance Street, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt. The offer being considered is in the region of €40,000, up from the €23,000 offer made in November last year to entice them to give up their licence. Sources said this was just one of the options being considered by the government to resolve the impasse over the stalls' relocation. An Economy Minister spokesman would not confirm nor deny that it was one of the options being considered. But lawyer Claire Bonello, representing the monti hawkers, said although she had heard such information through the grapevine, the authorities had not made an official offer. "I am reliably informed this is being considered but the offer has not yet been made," Dr Bonello said when contacted. Asked whether they would be prepared to accept such an offer, Dr Bonello said hawkers were not after money but simply wanted to be allowed to work. "It seems the government is intent on reneging on its contractual obligations and preferring to cull the number of hawkers, in...
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