{"id":87806,"date":"2020-02-26T09:47:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T08:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/?p=87806"},"modified":"2020-02-26T21:26:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T20:26:25","slug":"tghawwig-tal-verita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/2020\/02\/tghawwig-tal-verita\/","title":{"rendered":"Tg\u0127awwi\u0121 tal-verit\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nhar il-\u0126add li g\u0127adda Saviour Balzan kiteb dan li \u0121ej:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my 32 years of journalism, being locked out, manhandled, thrown out, arrested and abused by government staffers \u2013 including former ministerial aides such as Manuel Delia \u2013 was part of the experience of being a working journalist. Being killed is not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Il-kuntest ta’ din il-kwotazzjoni kien artiklu li jien ikkummentajt dwaru l-biera\u0127<\/a> li permezz tieg\u0127u huwa ttanta jg\u0127id li l-kampanja ta’ mibg\u0127eda mmexxija minn politi\u010bi Laburisti, ewlieni fosthom Glenn Bedingfield, kontra Daphne Caruana Galizia ma kienitx xi \u0127a\u0121a straordinarja u ma kellha xejn x’taqsam mal-assassinju tag\u0127ha. Balzan ried ig\u0127id li \u0121abu ru\u0127om \u0127a\u017cin mieg\u0127u daqskemm kienu \u0121abu ru\u0127\u0127om \u0127a\u017cin mag\u0127ha, bid-differenza li hu g\u0127adu mimli bil-g\u0127omor.<\/p>\n

\u0126sibtha sewwa dwar din il-kitba ta’ Saviour Balzan. Il-korrotti kriminali jog\u0127xew bil-fer\u0127 meta jaraw il-\u0121urnalisti jitlewmu bejniethom fil-qorti. Jien jidhirli li xorta nistg\u0127u nibqg\u0127u nitlewmu ming\u0127ajr ma noqg\u0127odu nid\u0127lu l-qorti. Il-ma\u0121istrati issa ilhom g\u0127al \u017cmien mhux \u0127a\u017cin jissaportu l-ispettakli fil-qrati ta’ dawk li jie\u0127du g\u0127alihom g\u0127al kull \u0127a\u0121a ta’ xejn.<\/p>\n

G\u0127aldaqstant mhux bi \u0127siebni noqg\u0127od nag\u0127mel il-kaw\u017ci ta’ libell. M’g\u0127andniex xi ng\u0127idu, jekk Saviour Balzan ser jie\u0127u g\u0127alih talli jien qed insejja\u0127lu giddieb, jista’ j\u0127arrikni kemm irid. Tkun kaw\u017ca li ti\u017cdied mal-o\u0127rajn.<\/p>\n

Madankollu je\u0127tie\u0121 li nag\u0127milha \u010bara li hemm biss \u017cew\u0121 stqarrijiet li huma minnhom f’dak li hemm ikkwotat mill-kitba ta’ Saviour Balzan. L-ewwel stqarrija li g\u0127andha mis-sewwa hi dik li huma ma nqatilx. It-tieni wa\u0127da hi li jien kont assistent ta’ ministru g\u0127al madwar 14 il-sena.<\/p>\n

I\u017cda jien lil Saviour Balzan m’hu minnu li qatt kont warrabtu, hebbejt g\u0127alih, waddabtu ‘l barra, arrestajtu jew abbu\u017cajt minnu. Bil-kemm niftakar li kont qatt kellimtu.<\/p>\n

I\u017cda hemm membru tal-kamra tal-a\u0127barijiet immexxija minn Saviour Balzan li jista’ jg\u0127id li kien hemm okka\u017cjoni wa\u0127da li fiha kont warrabtu. Meta kien g\u0127adu qed ja\u0127dem mat-Times of Malta<\/em>, Kurt Sansone kien qed i\u0127ejji rapport dwar it-tibdiliet fil-prezzijiet ta\u017c-\u017cjut fi \u017cmien il-kri\u017ci ta\u017c-\u017cejt. Dak i\u017c-\u017cmien kien jibg\u0127atli sensiela ta’ mistoqsijiet kwa\u017ci kuljum fuq medda ta’ numru ta’ \u0121img\u0127at. Fi stadju minnhom, \u0127assejt li huwa kien qed jag\u0127mel minn kollox biex jag\u0127tini l-gambetti u sa\u0127ansitra beda’ jikkwotani b’mod selettiv tant li r-rapporti tieg\u0127u ma kienux qed ikunu fidili ma’ dak li jien kont inkun tassew g\u0127idtlu.<\/p>\n

G\u0127aldaqstant kont g\u0127idlu li ma kienx bi \u0127siebni nkompli nwie\u0121eb g\u0127all-mistoqsijiet tieg\u0127u.<\/p>\n

Dak i\u017c-\u017cmien Gordon Pisani, li kien il-kap tar-relazzjonijiet pubbli\u010bi tal-gvern, kien bg\u0127at g\u0127alija u ordnali biex nattendi laqg\u0127a ma’ dak li kien l-editur tat-Times of Malta<\/em> Ray Bugeja. Huwa fakkarni li kien xog\u0127ol Kurt Sansone li jag\u0127milli mistoqsijiet anki jekk dawn ikunu ta’ natura diffi\u010bli. Gordon Pisani kien \u0121ibidli widnejja u l-kwistjoni waqfet hemm.<\/p>\n

Ma’ Kurt Sansone ma kontx sku\u017cajt ru\u0127i. Kien \u017cball li baqa’ jberren f’mo\u0127\u0127i. B’xorti tajba, l-img\u0127allmin tieg\u0127i kienu aktar g\u0127orrief milli kont jien u kienu qieg\u0127duni f’posti f’kemm ilni ng\u0127idilkom.<\/p>\n

Dan kien episodju li kien se\u0127\u0127 f’\u0127ajjti u li fih kont \u017cbaljajt. I\u017cda dan ma jfissirx li, g\u0127aliex kont \u017cbaljajt, Saviour Balzan g\u0127andu xi dritt li jiddie\u0127ak bija jew li jpin\u0121ini b\u0127al xi \u0127add li kont abbu\u017cajt bi\u0127. Sa fejn nista’ niftakar, lil Saviour jien dejjem injorajtu. \u010aertament qatt ma kont \u010bempiltlu fis-sieg\u0127a ta’ filg\u0127odu biex ng\u0127addilu l-ver\u017cjoni tieg\u0127i, b\u0127alma kien g\u0127amel hu ma’ Keith Schembri. Lanqas qatt ma tlabtu biex jigdeb g\u0127an-nom tieg\u0127i b\u0127alma kien gideb Keith Schembri.<\/p>\n

Jien qatt ma mxejt fuq il-passi ta’ Saviour Balzan. Ta’ sikwit huwa jsemmi bi kburija l-kwistjoni ta\u017c-\u017cejt li kienet inkixfet lejlet l-elezzjoni tal-2013. Din \u010bertament kienet storja li, fl-14 il-sena li \u0127dimt b\u0127ala assistent ministerjali,\u00a0 \u0127olqot diffikultajiet politi\u010bi kbar.<\/p>\n

Min jaf. Forsi Saviour Balzan g\u0127ad ikollu d-di\u010benza li jikkonferma li jien qatt m’g\u0127amilt l-i\u010bken attentat biex ng\u0127addilu perspettiva differenti tal-iskandlu, la qatt warrabtu, la qatt arrestajtu u qatt ma abbu\u017cajt minnu. Jien kont xtaqt li nsib tarf tal-iskandlu daqs kemm xtaq li jsib tarf hu.<\/p>\n

G\u0127aliex fl-2013 Saviour Balzan wettaq ix-xog\u0127ol li soltu jsir minn \u0121urnalist meta tinkixef il-korruzzjoni u l-gvern ta’ dak i\u017c-\u017cmien, konfrontat b’dan l-iskandlu ta’ korruzzjoni, g\u0127amel dak li kien mistenni minnu u li fid-dmir li jag\u0127mel.<\/p>\n

Saviour Balzan ma jista qatt jipparaguna dak li se\u0127\u0127 fl-2013 ma’ dak qed ise\u0127\u0127 illum. Huwa qatt ma sab ma’ wi\u010b\u010bu l-intimidazzjoni sistematika u ko-ordinata li kienet issib ma’ wi\u010b\u010bha tista’ tg\u0127id kuljum Daphne Caruana Galizia.<\/p>\n

Din hi r-ra\u0121uni g\u0127al dik il-parti li hu minnha f’dak li kiteb: li hi nqatlet filwaqt li hu g\u0127adu mimli bil-g\u0127omor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nhar il-\u0126add li g\u0127adda Saviour Balzan kiteb dan li \u0121ej: \u201cIn my 32 years of journalism, being locked out, manhandled, thrown out, arrested and abused by government staffers \u2013 including former ministerial aides such as Manuel Delia \u2013 was part of the experience of being a working journalist. Being killed is not.\u201d Il-kuntest ta’ din […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87806\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=87806"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87806\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87808,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87806\/revisions\/87808\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87793\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=87806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=87806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manueldelia.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=87806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}