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18 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 DECEMBER 2019 INTERVIEW What they said ... Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca President of Malta 6 January Without any doubt, the presiden- cy's, like any other constitutional institution, also needs to be re- viewed Chev. Maurice Mizzi Entrepreneur 21 April I can understand how people would see it that way. I said this to the minister myself, when I was first appointed. I pointed out to him that I am a businessman, and I have different interests. I felt it could come across badly… Godfrey Farrugia PD leader 17 March One of my own aspirations, as PD leader, is that… at least I will try, as my legacy, to leave a multi-party system at national level Maria Brown Sociologist and lecturer 10 February We are trying to overcome so many centuries of cultural dis- advantage, that something has to change in quite a radical way Neil Falzon Human rights lawyer and activist 13 January God forbid we have reached a stage where EU member states can just wash their hands of their own responsibilities, and use human beings as bargaining chips to do so Dr Matthew Drake Doctors for Choice 26 May When the foetus was delivered, it was found to have a laceration, or incision, around the scapula. It is obvious to anyone with a pair of eyes what happened to that wom- an Martin Galea Degiovanni Friends of the Earth 24 March I think my generation and ear- lier should be very ashamed of not having done very much, in so many years. But that, to me, is where hope lies. The younger gen- eration sees things differently Dr Joanna Spiteri CEO, Broadcasting Authority 17 February The Constitutional obligation of impartiality is applicable to all sta- tions, but a slant is allowed as long as there is overall balance and im- partiality Alex Perici Calascione PN leadership candidate 2 June Neither party can lay any claim to sanctity, or to immaculate correct- ness. We have long-term changes to make in the fabric [of our system], and perhaps past Nationalist gov- ernments could have done more Josianne Cutajar MEP 28 April Yes, there are other areas of pos- sible convergence. I fail to see why we should get lost in attacking each other on an issue like immi- gration, for instance. Let us con- centrate on where we agree Roselyn Borg Knight PN candidate 24 February I'm so tired of talking about the subject. Understand what I mean, though… I'm tired of talking about it. I want to see change. Not just talk, talk, talk Sandro Chetcuti Malta Developers Association 20 January Nobody sells their family jewellery when they're well-off, and their businesses are doing well. People only sell their family jewellery as a last resort, when things are going badly Silvan Agius Human Rights and Integration Directorate 17 June We need to tackle racism in the same systematic way in which we have tackled homophobia and transphobia Alfred Sant MEP 12 May I simply think Joseph Muscat is doing a good job. He's still young. He still has other things that he can achieve. And that's why I think he should stay on Frank Psaila PN MEP candidate 7 April Do you accept that a whole catego- ry of third country nationals were recently found to be working for 1.45euro an hour? Nikita Zammit Alamango 'Nisa Laburisti' chairperson 3 March In reality, though women fought so hard just to get into the work- force… we're doing double the work Dr Mario Vella Central Bank governor 27 January 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 Peter Agius PN MEP candidate 19 May We have to admit that, 15 years down the line… some sectors of society are worse off within the EU. We have to start from there Dione Borg PN MEP candidate 14 April How is it even possible, that all these years later, the President of the Republic still mentions [Karin Grech and Raymond Caruana] in his inaugural address? To me, it proves that… we failed Miriam Dalli MEP 10 March It's a choice. Either I'm going to say, 'Can't be helped, we have a chauvinist culture'… or I'm going to try and do something about it