Tanya Borg Cardona has stepped down as chairwoman of the Broadcasting Authority, finally bowing to pressure from the BA's own workers.

Her resignation letter was submitted to the President. She refused to comment when she left the BA offices this afternoon.

In a statement, the Office of the Prime Minister said Ms Borg Cardona had denied having had a conflict of interest and insisted she was always impartial. 

The prime minister thanked her for her service.

The Nationalist Party said the country deserved a Broadcasting Authority led by somebody who was serious, competent and impartial.

It suggested that the next chairman should be appointed by two-thirds majority of Parliament and offered its cooperation for the best person to be selected for the post. 

Earlier today, the Broadcasting Authority's employees walked out on yet another strike, calling for the resignation.

The workers had accused Mrs Borg Cardona of bullying and disrespectful behaviour and had refusing to work with her.

UĦM CEO Josef Vella said Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had to shoulder responsibility for "the unprecedented crisis" at the BA.

He said that since Dr Muscat had picked Mrs Borg Cardona for the position, he now had the duty to remove her and defend workers' rights.

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Mr Vella warned that if the government continued to procrastinate over this issue the UĦM would be left with no option but to escalate industrial action and order sympathy directives at other workplaces.

"A government that listens should not protect abuse," he said.

Last week Times of Malta also revealed that Mrs Borg Cardona was engaged by the government as a person of trust in the EU Presidency Unit, providing protocol services.