From G. Camilleri

In a recent 10-minute interview on the TVM programme Reporter, Anthony Micallef Debono, who I believe is contesting two posts in the next MUT Council, thought it fit to refer to the position of general secretary of the Malta Union of Teachers as that of a “glorified clerk”.

To teachers this unfair and unjust statement is of course not a credulous one and is, indeed, in bad taste. Throughout its almost 90 years of history, the MUT has always employed General Secretaries of stature who have always shown a deep sense of leadership, direction, integrity and who have given proof of hard work, negotiating skills, dedication and responsibility.

However, the very vast majority of those who followed this programme and listened to Mr Micallef Debono’s shocking remarks and who are ‘outsiders’ to the MUT, were given a totally distorted picture.

Mr Micallef Debono, a former MUT council member and teacher, now a Head of School is fully aware that his statement is very far from the truth, so one wonders what’s behind such an uncalled for remark.

G. Camilleri

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