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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 DECEMBER 2024 5 INTERVIEW A look back at the best quotes from the weekly interviews with various protagonists from the political, social and cultural spheres CARMELO MIFSUD BONNICI PN MP It will be a great political mistake for us to join NATO or any other military alliance. Our country would become more ex- posed to attack… We have no interest in being belligerents… ALISON BEZZINA Animal Welfare Commissioner e zoos we have right now cannot just be closed in a split second, because where would you put the animals? But yes, we cannot continue adding wild animals in captivity. ARNOLD CASSOLA Independent MEP election candidate If I am walking in the street with my zipper down, I would expect a friend to tell me. If Malta has its zipper down it is my duty to point this out so that it could be fixed. ALEX AGIUS SALIBA PL MEP I find nothing wrong with Ukraine undergoing the rig- orous membership process that we went through before 2004. MYRIAM SPITERI DEBONO President of Malta A lot of things have been amended. But you need to make sure that, when you do change the Constitution, you change it for the better, not just for the sake of changing it. JAMES RYDER Comedian, MEP election candidate People are fed up with the same options. People may vote for me because they like my policies, but they will also vote for me to protest against the big parties. RALPH CASSAR ADPD Secretary General I do not agree with a one-size-fits-all Europe but we must not use this as an excuse not to change or to justify what is bad and low standards. FR JOE BORG Media expert e church has to be present both in the physical space and the virtual space if it is to reach out to people. If the church is not present it is not fulfilling its duty. ROBERT AQUILINA Repubblika president ere were times when people approached us to contest the elections as a party, but it is not the NGO's role, and it never will be. MARIA AZZOPARDI Vice-president of the Malta Football Association is is not the first time changes have been implemented in the premier division. ere are other aspects like commer- cialisation which will contribute to this so-called revolution. DAVID AGIUS PN MP, MEP election candidate I think the PN must focus more on what Europe means for Malta, without ignoring what is going on in the country. We must focus on what the EU means for the country. ALFRED SANT Former Labour prime minister and MEP I won't be popular by saying this but having so many min- isters and parliamentary secretaries all with their own cus- tomer care adds to the clientelism competition between them