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16 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2018 INTERVIEW What they said ... Malcolm Galea Actor/writer 7 January Sometimes political jokes create the biggest discomfort. Especially these days, when the Prime Min- ister has young children who will come to watch Mark Camilleri Historian and activist 22 April If it takes Joseph Muscat to step down, so that Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi would go... I would say it's a necessary development the party would have to go through Lara Dimitrijevic Human rights lawyer 18 March I have been threatened; my tyres have been slashed, I have been stalked... I've received messages and calls at home, telling me who my children are... but I'm not afraid Norma Saliba PBS journalist 11 February There is a level of risk across the board in this profession: whether it's because of delving into po- litical issues, social issues, report- ing breaking news... and when it comes to investigative journalists, the risks intensify Joe Perici Calascione FKNK president 14 January The countryside used to be shared. The problems were, for example, if people got too close to cages, and could injure the birds Sandro Camilleri Police Officers Union president 27 May I see certain people around who enjoy a particular quality of life, and wonder how they are never investigated. I've even seen this within the Police Corps itself Edward Said Architect 25 March Mdina is still there, and still very much a Maltese icon. Valletta, perhaps, too. But the greater con- text is under threat, and has been for a while. Now, it is reaching an alarming scale Josef Bugeja GWU secretary general 18 February If the GWU were a VHS video rental service instead of a trade union, today it wouldn't exist any- more. Nobody rents videos nowa- days. If our services do not change, our role as a trade union would become just as extinct Neil Falzon Aditus Foundation 3 June We need to underline that gender is an inherent part of your identity; you cannot give it up for the sake of an institution that you're living in Franz Tabone MFA integrity officer 6 May Those people who want to take advantage of legal betting by ma- nipulating a local match... the re- wards are much higher. To tempt somebody on the pitch, on that green rectangle, with big money... it's very easy Julia Farrugia Portelli Parliamentary secretary for reform 25 February Buying drugs illegally can expose an individual to danger. There are known cases when cannabis bought illegally, turned out to have been adulterated with other substances Sara Ezabe Law student 28 January Our failure to properly integrate all members of society is holding us back, and it can only result in the realisation of people's fears. At the end of the day, if people are not integrated, obviously there will be more extremism, not less Kahin Ismail UNHCR representative in Malta 17 June Italy and Malta should not be the only countries where these people end up staying; there should be a mechanism of relocation, respon- sibility or burden-sharing in that regard Mark Sant Obstetrician 13 May I think it's ridiculous that people who have had four, five, nine chil- dren feel empowered enough to impose on the childless, and tell them: 'Lump it. You're not going to have babies...' Tara Cassar Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar 8 April We're not suggesting a morato- rium on new buildings. But there needs to be an assessment of what we're doing, and where we're go- ing Marceline Naudi Gender Studies, UOM 4 March People don't wake up one morn- ing and say, 'Oh, I think I'll kill my wife today'. There is a pattern of control and coercion. Often, the most dangerous time is when the 'controller' – in 99% of cases, the man – is about to lose that control Owen Bonnici Justice minister 4 February I am not defending Konrad Mizzi: I am defending the rule of law, the justice system and Malta in general. Because what has been told in that report is incorrect. It's not true. The claim is that our system is not working, when our system works Michael Farrugia Home affairs minister 20 May The police are on the front line. It is also unfortunate that they have been portrayed in a negative light... and this has made them more vul- nerable Angelo Xuereb Entrepreneur 15 April Something like a mass transit sys- tem would take 20 years. But that's because they're not consulting, for example... me. I can do it in five years... Daniela Calleja Richmond Foundation 11 March If people didn't have to fight against social stigma to get help, they wouldn't reach a stage where they're so unwell they have to be treated involuntarily. Without the social stigma, there wouldn't be such a price to pay