MEP Peter Agius calls for PBS CEO to be selected through public, transparent process
MEP Peter Agius is urging that the next CEO of PBS be chosen transparently through a public call.“With the general election approaching, where citizens have the right to access full and impartial information, the Government should ensure that t
MEP Peter Agius is urging that the next CEO of PBS be chosen transparently through a public call.
“With the general election approaching, where citizens have the right to access full and impartial information, the Government should ensure that the successor to Mark Sammut as the head of PBS is appointed via a public call,” said Agius in response to media reports about Sammut’s resignation.
The European Union’s Media Freedom Act mandates that roles within PBS must be filled through a transparent and public selection process. Media reports indicate that the Executive Chairman of PBS has resigned, presenting an opportunity for the Government to immediately apply the provisions of the Media Freedom Act, which it has supported in Europe, Agius stressed.
While the regulation officially comes into force in August next year, Agius highlighted that “unless the Government intends to appoint a CEO for a few months only, it should start adhering to the principles of the Media Freedom Act now, ensuring that the next CEO is appointed via a public call in a fair and transparent process, as established by European law.”
He added that this would be an important first step toward improving media freedom in the country. He noted that the Government has been slow to implement the recommendations from the Public Inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia regarding the protection of press freedom in Malta.
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