Xarabank and Norman Vella
The Malta Independent reports:
In the wake of calls for tonight’s Xarabank’s programme to deal with the Norman Vella arrest last Sunday, Mr Vella has written that since he was part of the team that produced Malta’s most popular programme, his situation should not be discussed there.
Writing on Facebook after the social media was inundated with requests that Xarabank should deal with Mr Vella’s arrest, the former TV presenter said that it is precisely the fact that he worked together with Peppi Azzopardi and the Xarabank team that the programme should not tackle his issue.
But Mr Vella noted that on Monday morning he had informed PBS head of news Reno Bugeja that he and his lawyers Karol Aquilina and Therese Comodini Cachia were prepared to take part in any other programme on PBS.
But, since Monday, no current affairs programme on PBS has made an invitation, Mr Vella said.
PBS, he said, had a daily two-hour current affairs programme in the morning and five hourly programmes before the 8pm news between Monday and Friday.
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http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-11-01/news/norman-vella-offers-to-appear-on-pbs-but-no-invitation-received-3061153792/
I know now how corrupt Malta is. Without any evidence, someone reported a crime to the police and, only on the word of the informer, they arrested Mr Vella.
In any normal, civilised democracy, the Chief of Police would be arresting the informer for wasting police time/filing a false report maliciously.
In corrupt Malta, he takes the side of the lawbreaker.
Well done Norman. A lesson in ethics the administration would do well to emulate.
As if Peppi will dare propose to bring Norman on Xarabank. He only did this during the “bad” days of a PN government because he knew that the previous government was a liberal one.
Don’t worry, Norman. Daphne has already managed to give your case the importance that it deserves.
Those who have had to take note of the goins-on have already done so. Most of the rest are unaffected and would have remained so if even if you had been found beaten or dead in a ditch following your arrest (1980 style). For such is politics in Malta.
Having read Norman’s Facebook post which led to this story in The Malta Independent, I fully understand where he’s coming from. Imagine the Labour furore if Peppi of all people ran such a show.