I warned you all that Maria Galea of the Malta Entertainment Industry and Arts is using her NGO to extend her personal interests by tapping into political contacts and networks.
The MEIA has issued a very bizarre withdrawal of its call for the Minister of Culture to resign after it literally told artists to sign a petition calling for the Minister’s resignation.
Subsequently, all has been resolved after the Minister met Maria Galea and gave her “assurances”. Maria Galea is personally capitalising on national issues and is turning the lobbying aspect of arts and culture into a complete farce.
Back in my day, when we lobbied for arts and culture, we didn’t lobby for the resignation of the Culture Minister: we changed the whole bloody government. Things seem to be done differently nowadays, with NGO representatives more compliant and more interested in acquiring positive relations with people in power rather than bringing about any meaningful change.
The Minister of Culture has issued a censorship order against the Public Broadcaster, which is still ongoing. He is also currently violating the democratic principles and tenets of the National Book Council’s law. So, Maria Galea is telling artists to accept state censorship and a total disregard for the independence of public institutions for the sake of her good relationship with the Minister.
This is disgraceful. From our side we will keep our pressure for the Minister to rescind his censorship order at the public broadcaster and resign immediately.
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