{"id":77539,"date":"2019-07-30T10:03:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T08:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/?p=77539"},"modified":"2019-07-31T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T13:14:50","slug":"jehtieg-thallas-jekk-tridni-nzomm-is-skiet-darba-minnhom-hekk-kien-qal-saviour-balzan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/2019\/07\/jehtieg-thallas-jekk-tridni-nzomm-is-skiet-darba-minnhom-hekk-kien-qal-saviour-balzan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Je\u0127tie\u0121 t\u0127allas jekk tridni n\u017comm is-skiet\u2019 – darba minnhom hekk kien qal Saviour Balzan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ma jistax ma jiddispja\u010binix g\u0127al Matthew Vella u g\u0127al Kurt Sansone li flimkien kitbu editorjal<\/a> wara li l-kjass li nqala’ wara li tal-Lovin Malta<\/em> kixfu li kumpannija tal-Malta<\/em> Today<\/em><\/a>, li sidha huwa d-direttur mani\u0121erjali ta’ dan il-\u0121urnal, kienet tqabbdet biex tag\u0127mel xog\u0127ol ta’ relazzjonijiet pubbli\u010bi u ta’ reklamar g\u0127all-gvern dwar il-qtug\u0127 tas-si\u0121ar fit-triq li hemm pro\u0121ettata f’\u0126\u2019Attard.<\/p>\n

Din ma kienitx l-ewwel darba li fiha \u0121urnalisti tal-Malta Today<\/em> sfaw imbarazzati mill-img\u0127allem bla sinsla li g\u0127andhom. Dakinhar li Daphne Caruana Galizia wriet li kellha l-provi f’idejha li, f’nofs ta’ lejl,\u00a0 Saviour Balzan kien ir\u010bieva ordnijiet ming\u0127and Keith Schembri<\/a> kien jum ikra\u0127 g\u0127alihom ilkoll.<\/p>\n

M’g\u0127andniex g\u0127alfejn naqblu ma’ kull ma jinkiteb mill-\u0121urnalisti tal-Malta Today<\/em>. Jien \u010bertament wie\u0127ed minn dawk li ma naqbilx ma kull ma jiktbu. Wara kollox, wie\u0127ed g\u0127aliex g\u0127andu bilfors jikteb biss dak li jdoqq g\u0127al widnejja? Madankollu nsibha diffi\u010bli biex nemmen li persuni b\u0127alma huma\u00a0 Matthew Vella jew James Debono jew Kurt Sansone ser jaslu biex jiktbu rapporti fil-\u0121urnal tag\u0127hom g\u0127ax ikunu t\u0127allsu baxx baxx minn x’imkien ie\u0127or biex jiktbu b’\u010bertu mod.<\/p>\n

Dan li g\u0127adni kemm ktibt ma jg\u0127oddx g\u0127al Saviour Balzan.<\/p>\n

Qabel l-elezzjoni tal-2013, meta kont g\u0127adni na\u0127dem mal-gvern, Saviour Balzan kien avvi\u010bina kollega li kien ja\u0127dem f’Ministeru ie\u0127or u li dak i\u017c-\u017cmien kien ta\u0127t \u010berta pressjoni min\u0127abba artikli li kienu qed jixxandru fil-Malta Today<\/em> (sa \u010bertu punt kellhom ftit tar-ra\u0121un). Balzan kien qallu li lest itaffi l-\u0127ruxija tal-irrappurtar ta’ stejjer fil-\u0121urnal tieg\u0127u kemm il-darba ji\u017cdied in-numru ta’ riklami m\u0127allsa mill-Ministeru g\u0127all-\u0121urnal tieg\u0127u. Il-kollega tieg\u0127i jiftakar il-kliem e\u017catt li kien qallu: \u201cje\u0127tie\u0121 t\u0127allas jekk tridni n\u017comm is-skiet\u201d.<\/p>\n

Il-kollega tieg\u0127i ma kienx imdorri jinnegozja mat-terroristi u s-“skiet” li kien g\u0127all-bejg\u0127 kien ka\u0127\u0127lu ma’ wi\u010b\u010b Saviour Balzan. U talli g\u0127amel hekk, bdiet kampanja selva\u0121\u0121a ta’ kritika n\u0121usta kontra l-kollega tieg\u0127i u dan biex dan ipatti g\u0127all-fatt li kien irrifjuta li jonfoq flus pubbli\u010bi biex jinxtara’ s-skiet.<\/p>\n

Il-gvern pre\u017centi ma jbatix minn skrupli b\u0127al dawn. Il-fibra morali ta’ dan il-gvern lanqas biss te\u017cisti.<\/p>\n

Dan huwa l-mod kif jittantaw li jimmanipulawk dawk li ripetutament jixlu lil \u0127addie\u0127or b’a\u0121endi mo\u0127bija.<\/p>\n

Il-biera\u0127 fuq il-website<\/em> tag\u0127hom Matthew Vella u Kurt Sansone be\u017cg\u0127u li setg\u0127u \u0121ew impin\u0121ija b\u0127allikieku kienu mer\u010benarji li jiktbu bil-mod li jiktbu g\u0127ax im\u0127allsin biex jag\u0127mlu dan. Lil tal-Lovin<\/em> Malta<\/em>, li kienu huma li \u0127ar\u0121u b’din l-istorja, qalulhom li \u010bertament huma ma jiktbux b’tali mod g\u0127ax ikunu t\u0127allsu minn dawk li jinkitbu stejjer dwarhom.<\/p>\n

I\u017cda l-verit\u00e0 hi li dan ma jg\u0127oddx g\u0127al Saviour Balzan li m’huwiex mer\u010benarju daqs kemm huwa\u00a0 estorsjonist.<\/p>\n

Lill-klijenti tieg\u0127u tat-Transport Malta<\/em> mhux bi \u0127siebni npin\u0121ihom b\u0127ala l-vittmi tieg\u0127u. Jekk xejn, dawn huma kompli\u010bi mieg\u0127u. U l-impatt huwa \u0127afna akbar minn kull influwenza o\u0127ra li seta’ kien hemm fuq il-linja li ttie\u0127det mill-Malta Today.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matthew Vella u Kurt Sansone jaslu biex jammettu li, minkejja kull sforz li jkollhom il-\u0127ila li jag\u0127mlu, it-TVM jil\u0127aq numru \u0127afna akbar ta’ persuni milli qatt jistg\u0127u jil\u0127qu l-\u0121urnali tag\u0127hom.<\/p>\n

Nhar il-\u0120img\u0127a li g\u0127adda fuq it-TVM rajna lil Saviour Balzan \u201cjintervista\u201d lill-klijent tieg\u0127u Frederick Azzopardi li, g\u0127an-nom tal-gvern, huwa l-“wi\u010b\u010b” tal-pro\u0121ett tal-qtug\u0127 tas-si\u0121ar.<\/p>\n

Pre\u017centi g\u0127all-“intervista” kien hemm biss Balzan u Azzopardi. L-“intervista” xotta u kajmana kienet tixbah lil dik li Balzan kien g\u0127amel lil Konrad Mizzi<\/a>. Ma nafux kemm t\u0127allas g\u0127al din l-“intervista”: nafu biss li wie\u0127ed minn dawn it-tnejn huwa \u0127alliel. Ieqaf a\u0127seb ftit fuq dan li g\u0127adni kemm ktibt.<\/p>\n

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Skont il-li\u0121ijiet tax-xandir, l-“intervista” li Saviour Balzan g\u0127amel lill-qerried tas-si\u0121ar Frederick Azzopardi minnha nnifisha kienet \u017cbilan\u010bjata g\u0127all-a\u0127\u0127ar. Il-li\u0121i tipprovdi li, meta jkun hemm kwistjonijiet ta’ kontroversja pubblika, x-xandir nazzjonali g\u0127andu jassigura li jkun hemm bilan\u010b: ji\u0121ifieri huwa fid-dmir li jxandar il-fehmiet kemm ta’ dawk favur kif ukoll ta’ dawk li huma kontra. Minflok bilan\u010b, ma’ wi\u010b\u010bna \u010bappsulna lil Frederick Azzopardi li – hu u jindilek bix-xama’ minn Saviour Balzan – ittanta jbellag\u0127hielna li l-pro\u0121ett tal-qtug\u0127 tas-si\u0121ar u tat-twessieg\u0127 tat-toroq huwa wie\u0127ed favur l-ambjent.<\/p>\n

Hekk kif tinteba\u0127 li dak li kien qed jag\u0127mel l-intervista lir-rappre\u017centant tal-gvern huwa m\u0127allas mill-istess gvern, tis\u0127ajjlek ti\u017cfen f’nofs xena ta’ xog\u0127ol letterarju ta’ George Orwell.<\/p>\n

Li kieku l-Awtorit\u00e0 tax-Xandir kellha ttajjar in-ng\u0127asa li b\u0127alissa tinsab fiha, lil Saviour Balzan kienet tordnalu jwarrab mill-programm tieg\u0127u stess u kienet tag\u0127ti l-istess ammont ta’ \u0127in lil rappre\u017centanti ta’ dawk li organizzaw il-protesta ta’ nhar il-\u0126add li g\u0127adda biex isemmg\u0127u fehmithom dwar is-Central Link project.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Matthew Vella u Kurt Sansone assigurawna li kemm il-darba jkollhom nuqqas ta’ qbil ma’ Saviour Balzan dwar il-kontenut tal-linji editorjali. Ma na\u0127sibx li jkun \u0121ust jekk nitfa’ xi dubju dwar is-sin\u010berit\u00e0 tag\u0127hom f’dan ir-rigward. Dak li g\u0127addew minnu huwa \u0127afna ag\u0127ar minn dak li kienu g\u0127addew minnu u dak li \u0127assew \u0121urnalisti tat-Times of Malta<\/em> meta d-direttur mani\u0121erjali tal-Allied Newspapers,<\/em> Adrian Hillman, kien inkixef li kien ixxa\u0127\u0127am minn Keith Schembri, chief of staff<\/em> ta’ Joseph Muscat.<\/p>\n

Saviour Balzan m’huwiex id-direttur mani\u0121erjali tal-Malta Today group,<\/em> i\u017cda huwa l-editur mani\u0121erjali. Anki jekk huwa minnu – kif qed jallega – li huwa ma ji\u0127ux de\u010bi\u017cjonijiet marbuta mal-kontenut tal-editorjali, fil-prattika qed ikollu xi jg\u0127id mag\u0127hom dwar il-kontenut tal-editorjali li suppost m’g\u0127andux ikollu x’jaqsam mag\u0127hom \u0121aladarba huwa m\u0127allas biex jie\u0127u \u0127sieb ir-relazzjonijiet pubbli\u010bi.<\/p>\n

U minkejja dan kollu jibqa’ jippo\u017ca ta’ \u0121urnalist, sa\u0127ansitra anki fuq ix-xandir nazzjonali.<\/p>\n

Dan lanqas ma tista’ ssejja\u0127lu in\u010best daqs kemm tista’ ssejja\u0127lu awto-sodomija.<\/p>\n

Saviour Balzan innifsu huwa prova u e\u017cempju tal-attakk fuq ix-xandir \u0127ieles f’Malta u l-gvern sab l-opportunit\u00e0 biex jisfrutta l-karattru korrott tieg\u0127u. Il-gvern, minflok jibg\u0127at il-\u0121urnalisti l-\u0127abs, sab mezz biex i\u017cieg\u0127el bis-sidien tal-\u0121urnali permezz tat-tix\u0127im.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

U fil-frattemp, \u0121urnalisti onesti m\u0127allsa mi\u017cerjament u mifnijin bix-xog\u0127ol u li mo\u0127\u0127hom biss biex jag\u0127mlu dak li hu sewwa, qed ikollhom jiffa\u010b\u010bjaw battikata wara l-o\u0127ra biex ji\u017cguraw li xog\u0127olhom ji\u0121i mxandar.<\/p>\n

Il-\u0121urnalista tal-Malta Today<\/em> li b’sa\u0127\u0127a kien \u010ba\u0127ad li l-libert\u00e0 tal-istampa f’Malta tinsab ta\u0127t attakk huwa Raphael Vassallo.<\/a> Min jaf, forsi issa se jkun lest li jirrevedi l-po\u017cizzjoni tieg\u0127u hekk kif jinteba\u0127 li l-img\u0127allem tieg\u0127u, Saviour Balzan, ma kienx qed jaqbe\u017c g\u0127all-gvern ta’ xejn?<\/p>\n

Anki jekk ma jinteba\u0127x bihom mill-ewwel, kull fejn i\u0127ares jara l-\u0127allelin.<\/p>\n

Araw fejn hu wie\u0127ed minnhom.<\/p>\n

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