[WATCH] Sette Giugno monument back to its original location at St George’s Square

Sette Giugno monument will be relocated to St George's Square

The Sette Giugno monument will be relocated back to its original location at St George’s Square, satisfying the desire of those who participated in the public consultation process, Transport Minister Joe Mizzi announced this morning.

The relocation is set to take place before the end of the year.

Addressing the press at Hastings Garden in Valletta, where the statue is currently located, Mizzi said that 63% of the 308 respondents taking part in the consultative process backed the relocation.

A technical analysis of other proposed sites also took place before the final decision was taken, the minister added.

Speaker Anglu Farrugia and the Nationalist Party had publicly declared their preference for the monument to be relocated to the immediate vicinity of the Renzo Piano parliamentary building.

The monument commemorates the uprising of June 7, 1919, when four Maltese men - Manwel Attard, Guzè Bajada, Wenzu Dyer and Karmenu Abela – were killed by British troops.