Popular PBS presenter Norman Vella has been ordered not to report for work at the broadcasting station as from Monday.
Contacted by The Malta Independent online, Mr Vella confirmed that he had been notified that his deployment at PBS had been revoked by the Office of the Prime Minister.
Mr Vella confirmed today he received an email from the OPM informing him that he has to return to the department where he was employed before being deployed to PBS “on grounds of public policy”.
Since October, Mr Vella has presented the daily evening programme TVHemm, which has been named as the third most popular programme after Xarabank and the drama F’Salib it-Toroq in two Broadcasting Authority surveys. He is also the winner of several journalistic awards, two of them arriving only two weeks ago for the documentary series Bijografiji, one of his creations.
In the email sent to Mr Vella from OPM, which The Malta Independent online has seen, Mr Vella is notified that his deployment on grounds of public policy has been revoked. No reason was given.
Asked to say what led to this move, Mr Vella said he could only think of it as political decision. At this stage he would not comment any further.
He said he will still anchor the last two editions of the programme on Thursday and Friday.
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