GWU dissociates itself from its own newspaper’s pro-hunting stand

The General Workers Union has dissociated itself from the editorial stand taken by its own newspaper l-orizzont, telling members they were free to vote as they wish in the referendum on spring hunting of 11 April.

The newspaper today Wednesday called out its readers to back the ‘yes’ vote pushed by hunters to retain the derogation from the EU’s ban on spring hunting.

The newspaper’s position came three days after the departure of its editor-in-chief Sandro Mangion, who had taken a personal stand against spring hunting, declaring he would vote no.

In a statement, the GWU said it had from the outset stayed away from the hunting controversy. It said that while it understood that the newspaper felt the need to declare itself, this view was not that of the union.

The union “regretted” that l-orizzont may have given the impression that it is supporting one side in the referendum.