The Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability has filed a formal complaint with the Broadcasting Authority over the television programme Popolin for allowing comments that linked disability with sin.
The complaint was filed over a programme aired on TVM on October 4 during which singer and TV personality Phyllisienne Brincat claimed that illness and disabilities were the result of original sin. Her comments sparked a public backlash.
Brincat, who is a self-proclaimed avid believer in God, was a guest on the television show Popolin on TVM which discussed the topic of religion.
“Such discourse – only intended to spread disinformation, incite discrimination. stigma, violence and hatred against people with disabilities – was unacceptable in any form let alone on the public broadcaster,” the CRPD said.
Language used was “disgusting”
In the complaint, the commission claimed…
