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I write following a meeting called by the MOC to all affiliated sports federations regarding the deadlock between the MOC (along with 47 sports federations) and the Kunsill Malti ghall-isports (KMS).
There is a cause and an effect. A new sports law was recently passed in Parliament. Today’s current situation is the effect that has been caused by the new sports law and not the other way around. Malta’s sporting federations officials are made up of volunteers and they all make huge sacrifices from their free time and by digging into our own pockets to ensure that the sport they administer moves forward.
The new sports law makes a mockery of these people and it is shameful that we are being kicked around by the new law. By losing our autonomy on how we think best to administer funds allocated to our respective federations, all sporting momentum is going to grind to a halt, for obvious reasons.
The recent methods adopted by the KMS in confronting sports officials on how monies were spent - and in certain cases, we are being faced with accusations that money is being directed for our own personal gain - is nothing short of revolting.
Taxpayers have to be made aware of the impasse we are in. It seems that we are being made to blame for the country's deficit, when in reality sporting officials are a truly dedicated breed of volunteers, human beings capable of making mistakes and learning from them. But we are now being treated like untrustworthy, unruly school children by politically appointed committees. This is the ‘thank you’ we are getting from Government.
Paul Ellul
Vice President
Malta Sailing Federation
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