TVM pulls recorded Christmas quiz programme after PN request
Updated 5.35pm with TVM reaction -
A Christmas edition of TVM's popular Ħadd Għalik quiz programme was pulled on Sunday following pressure by the Nationalist Party.
The programme was to feature a team composed of Labour and Nationalist MPs battling a team which included pantomime dames.
Programme presenter Angie Laus confirmed that the recorded programme was not being shown following a decision by TVM at the request of the Nationalist Party.
She said on Facebook that the PN MPs - David Agius and Toni Bezzina - had asked not to appear on the programme.
She expressed her regrets to the other participants in the programme - Labour MPs Clifton Grima and Rosianne Cutajar and the dames.
A programme repeat was shown instead. 'Shameful decision'
The PBS decision was slammed by Justice and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici, who is responsible for PBS, and Jason Micallef, head of Labour's One TV.
Dr Bonnici said it was customary during Christmastime for MPs to take part in such programmes.
"It is shameful how the Nationalist MPs want to tarnish the sense of national unity during this festive period and even disrupt a programme such as this, which had already been recorded with their...