Alex Borg was unclear on whether high-rise towers would be built in Gozo.
Borg opened the door to Gozo high-rises in a WhosWho.mt interview during the leadership campaign, then said 'read my lips: I do not want high-rises in Gozo' on 22 September 2025 after pushback. Position changed publicly within days.
Borg opened the door to Gozo high-rises in a WhosWho.mt interview during the leadership campaign, then said 'read my lips: I do not want high-rises in Gozo' on 22 September 2025 after pushback. Position changed publicly within days.
Attard's characterisation is supported. In a WhosWho.mt interview during the 2025 PN leadership campaign, Borg told the interviewer that towers in Gozo could be possible 'based on the skyline policy' if he became Prime Minister. The remark drew immediate criticism from the Labour camp. By 22 September 2025 Borg had recorded a video saying 'read my lips: I do not want high-rises in Gozo', telling Lovin Malta his original comments had been 'spun'. Position-on-record changed publicly within days. Calling that trajectory 'unclear' is fair. True.
Is Borg really unclear on whether towers will be built in Gozo
Attard's claim that Borg was unclear on Gozo high-rises is unusually well-documented for a meta-claim about a political position. The shift happened in public, in two stages, within a few days.
Stage one — the WhosWho.mt interview
During the 2025 PN leadership campaign, Borg sat for an interview with WhosWho.mt in which he was asked about high-rise development in Gozo. His answer left the door open. He told the interviewer that there were areas where towers could be built, 'based on the skyline policy', if he became Prime Minister.
The remark was reported widely, criticised by the Labour camp and the Environment Minister, and became a defining issue of the leadership-campaign close.
Stage two — the 'read my lips' reversal
Within days, on 22 September 2025, Borg recorded a video for Lovin Malta saying 'read my lips: I do not want high-rises in Gozo'. He said his original WhosWho.mt remarks had been 'spun' out of context, and that his actual point was about the absence of a clear skyline policy, not endorsement of towers.
MaltaToday reported the same shift under the headline 'Alex Borg recants: Read my lips. I do not want high-rises in Gozo'.
So is the claim accurate?
Borg's position on Gozo high-rises moved from 'door open under skyline policy' to 'absolutely not' within a week. Whether you read that as a clarification or a reversal, it is fair to characterise it as 'unclear'. Attard's framing is supported.
Verdict: True.