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5 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 4 OCTOBER 2023 NEWS A U T H O R I T Y F O R I N T E G R I T Y I N M A L T E S E S P O R T A MS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Sport Integrity Education course The Authority for Integrity in Maltese Sport (AIMS) is the Authority that regulates Sports in Malta. The Authority is determined to promote a safe, fair, and healthy sporting environment. The Authority's main pillars focus on combating issues like anti-doping, fighting match-fixing, and money laundering while handling regulatory matters for all sports organisations in Malta. To achieve this, AIMS believes that education is crucial as the first line of defense to protect the rights of clean athletes and maintain fairness in sports. AIMS is inviting interested individuals to participate in a Sport Integrity Education course aimed to equip people with the knowledge and skills needed to address the complex challenges in the world of sports today. From this course AIMS intends to select individuals to serve as Integrity Education Officers. The selected individuals will be asked to pursue an employment opportunity on a casual basis within the Authority as an Integrity Education Officer. The officers will be required to work within the areas of the Authority and for a number of hours as required (including weekends) for a period of 24 months. Interested persons must have the necessary skills for the task, including: 1. Have a minimum undergraduate level of education (teachers and persons linked to the teaching profession are strongly invited to apply) 2. Ability to work in a fast paced, high-pressure environment 3. Ability to work in a team and individually 4. Proven experience in developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships 5. An understanding and knowledge of the anti-doping landscape 6. Demonstrate personal drive and integrity 7. Strong organisational skills Interested individuals are to send: 1. A cover letter outlining skills, knowledge on the subject, experience, achievements and reasons why one should be considered for this course. 2. A detailed curriculum vitae 3. Police conduct (issued within 3 months of application date) 4. Copies of transcript/s, qualification/s and certificates Applications with all the required documentation are to be sent to the Head of Education department within AIMS Mr. Andy Grech via this link - https://form.jotform.com/232131702767351 or on andy.grech.1@aims.org.mt by not later than noon of 12th October 2023. The cost of this course is €50 and shall be payable once applicant is accepted. NOTICE Vanessa Demicoli is no longer asso- ciated with Healthmark or any of its affiliated entities. She is not authorised to represent or act on behalf of Health- mark in any capacity. Repubblika president called to Hamrun police station after PBS protest MARIANNA CALLEJA REPUBBLIKA president Robert Aquilina was called in for ques- tioning at the Ħamrun police station on Tuesday following a protest the NGO conducted last week. Last Friday, the rule-of-law NGO accused the government of censorship, demanding that it be given fair representation on the national broadcaster. Standing on the steps in front of PBS' main door, Aquilina lamented that in the past two years, Republic was never in- vited to any PBS program. Behind him were three Re- pubblika volunteers holding a banner saying "ċensura" (cen- sorship) in white letters on a black background. A few minutes into Aquilina's speech, a security guard came out of the premises to close the door. Only a few seconds later, the guard once again came out, this time to tell Repubblika to leave the spot. Aquilina refused and ignoring the guard, continued with his speech. Police went to TVM a few minutes after the press confer- ence, but Aquilina had already left. On Tuesday afternoon, Aqui- lina was summoned by the po- lice to be questioned about the incident. However, according to him, the police failed to tell him whether they would be charg- ing him and what the com- plaint by TVM was about. Speaking to journalists after- wards, Aquilina said he consid- ers the report filed by PBS and the decision of the police force to summon him as an act of in- timidation. "This is a threat to my funda- mental rights of expression and association. That is what I told them," Aquilina added. "This was an attempt to cre- ate a chilling effect on freedom of expression, which is essen- tial for a democracy to func- tion," Aquilina's lawyer, Ther- ese Comodini Cachia, said to journalists. In the police station, Aquili- na insisted that he would give his version of events upon the immediate presentation of a police report. In a matter of minutes, the police handed him the police report, containing only his ver- sion of events, with the com- plaint redacted. It was at this point that Rob- ert Aquilina left the police sta- tion, exercising his right to re- main silent. Repubblika call for resignation of PBS chairman Mark Sammut Following his interrogation, Robert Aquilina called for the resignation of PBS chairman Mark Sammut. Aquilina insisted that not only was PBS censoring the group, but now its chairman has been unmasked as "one of the accomplices in the latest scandal." "After the revelations made by the Times on Sunday, Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà should have summoned PBS Chairman Mark Sammut for questioning regarding his role in the driving license scandal. Instead Gafà called me on a re- port filed by TVM about a press conference," Aquilina said. Previously a Transport Mal- ta official, Mark Sammut sent several text messages to TM CEO Clint Mansueto over a three-year period, as reported by the Times of Malta. The Times reported on Sunday that Sammut, sometimes in an aggressive tone, "strong-armed" Mansueto to get his way. Mansueto flagged several candidates, the Times said, who were waiting for a new test date. In one instance, Sammut practically forced Mansueto to provide a new date within 15 minutes. "This is straight out bullying," Aquilina claimed, "and Repub- blika won't stand for it." Repubblika president Robert Aquilina and lawyer Therese Comodini Cachia outside the Hamrun police station (Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaToday)