EXCLUSIVE: Jason Micallef reveals how Joseph Muscat & Keith Schembri met for the first time

Jan 28 2022

During an appearance on Malta Daily’s show ‘The Interview with Fabian Demicoli’, VCA Chairman Jason Micallef revealed that he was the first person to give Keith Schembri a voluntary role within the Labour Party.

“Only a few people know, and I’ve never said this in public that when he asked me, I was the one who gave Keith Schembri his first voluntary position in the Labour Party… when Keith Schembri was still a person who knew no one.” Micallef revealed that this occurred around 2014, when he lead his first election campaign for the Labour Party, when result in a dramatic win.

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WATCH: The PBS has been declining for years, says Jason Micallef

Jan 28 2022

In his appearance on ‘The Interview with Fabian Demicoli’, Micallef stated that one of the main problems with the Public Broadcasting Service was treated as if it was a private broadcaster, as opposed to a national broadcaster which reflects a society and its culture.

He went on to highlight that a national broadcaster should have its financial books in order as well as programmes of high quality, not the teleshopping and other programmes of this sort. The VCA Chairman also called for a reform in the media and broadcasting sector, shining a light on the fact that certain problems exist as a result of society’s development and if local broadcasters do not adapt, they will die.

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WATCH: Politicians’ current salaries are a ‘joke’, says VCA chairman Jason Micallef

Jan 28 2022

“For me it is not acceptable, whoever the Prime Minister may be, to have a salary of €73,000… it’s hilarious.” These were the words of Valletta Cultural Agency chairman Jason Micallef on Malta Daily’s show The Interview with Fabian Demicoli.

Micallef highlighted that a Prime Minister carries an enormous responsibility from Monday to Sunday throughout the whole year. He went on to state that the same could be said for Ministers and other representatives, going as far as saying that their current salaries are a ‘joke’.

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WATCH: “I was one of the few people who said that Konrad Mizzi & Keith Schembri should go,” says Jason Micallef

Jan 28 2022

During Malta Daily’s latest episode of ‘The Interview with Fabian Demicoli’, which welcomed VCA Chairman Jason Micallef, it was revealed that he was amongst the first people that stated that Konrad Mizzi & Keith Schembri should leave.

Micallef also stated that he had called for the two politicians’ exit internally, going on to highlight that after the 2017 election, even if they weren’t found guilty, they had to leave on their own accord. “If you really have the party and Malta close to your heart, you had to leave, not burden Prime Minister Muscat with such a problem.”

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