“The Broadcasting Authority did not observe its own Directive,” Carmel Cacopardo Deputy Chairperson of Alternattiva Demokratika said today when commenting on a Broadcasting Authority decision on a number of protests which AD submitted against PBS.

Cacopardo continued by stating that “last Wednesday the Broadcasting Authority informed AD of its decision on the protests submitted by AD on 18th January 2013. The Broadcasting Authority did not consider anything objectinable when during the debate between the party leaders on Xarabank Michael Briguglio AD Chairperson was allotted less time than the PN and PL leaders.

“Notwithstanding that the Directive of the same Authority dated 16th January 2013 states that: “The objective of these rules is that in a debate between leaders or deputy leaders of political parties these are treated in a similar manner not only in the permissible time but also in the way they are handled by the presentor.”

“Nor did the Broadcasting Authority consider anything objectionable when on TV programmes on PBS AD spokespersons are only asked to speak for a few minutes and then invited to leave the set,” he said.

“In this situation where both the PN and the PL control of a TV station as well as a radio station,” concluded Cacopardo “The Broadcasting Authority which is made up of PN and PL nominees, is being an accomplice with PBS in suffocating AD’s voice on public broadcasting.”

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