Ralph Eiland apologizes for the “Golden Microphone” in Covid-19

A major storm in social networks was caused by the fact that the “Golden Microphone” award ceremony was held in person in Latvia, at a time when people are denied the opportunity to meet, for example, their relatives from other households due to Covid-19 restrictions. Musician Ralph Eiland also expressed his opinion about the ceremony.

Eiland writes that after the “Golden Microphone” he has a taste of bitterness and he wants to apologize to everyone on behalf of the industry.

“Although I am happy for all the winners, I was the nominee of the event and I was invited to attend the” Golden Microphone “, after the event there is a taste of bitterness.

I have not gone into who was the responsible organizer, but I hope that this event will not give the impression to the public that other representatives of the event industry do not care about the epidemiological restrictions in our country.

I know that I am surrounded by a number of responsible and willing colleagues who have the knowledge to conduct safe events in this pandemic. It is not a question of whether everything was legally legal, it is a matter of setting an example in a situation where others are forbidden to meet someone even outside their own household. I apologize on behalf of the industry and I hope that this case will not cast a shadow over the other organizers, “writes Eilands.

In the comments, people praise Eyland for his honest and open words, and at the same time adds that it is really not fair that there are events at a time when people cannot meet their family members.

“I totally agree! Even if the event was ‘safe’, it’s not entirely fair that it happens at all … then others should be allowed to organize events and meet to develop rules,” a commenter said.

“We are already traveling with enraged records with outrage, which I think is justified. This only reinforces the idea of ​​some elite to spit on society.

I believe that it can be organized safely, I believe that at least some security measures were observed, but this undermines any belief that “everyone is working together” and I think it will give a lot of material to all preachers of conspiracy theories, “said in another comment.

Another writes: ”

It is very sad that at a time when we cannot congratulate my mother on her birthday and spend her life with her loved ones forever, the following events are organized, but the biggest misunderstanding is yet to be about the need to organize the Hockey Championship in these circumstances. People suffer and suffer, just for what purpose? To survive, to avoid harm to fellow human beings, to avoid punishment. What do everyone else who has no goals think?

The concert was beautiful. Everyone also lacks music, cultural events, but we are suffering. “

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As previously reported, the Golden Microphone Award ceremony was an epidemiologically safe event, a view shared by LETA organizers, who received as much criticism and misunderstanding on social networks as it was possible to hold such an ambitious event, with the participation of spectators. when any public action is banned due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The producer of the award Elita Mīlgrāve emphasized that the ceremony was not a public event, but “creation of television content – live broadcast with appropriate specifics”, two days before the testing of the participants’ collective Covid-19.

As the award representative Ilze Pleša informed LETA, entering the Media Center of the Riga Art and Media Technical School, where the ceremony took place, was allowed only with a negative Covid-19 test or laboratory confirmation of the presence of antibodies. Also, each filmmaker and employee signed a declaration stating that he or she had no symptoms of the disease, that he or she was not a Covid-19-infected contact, and that he or she was not self-isolating or quarantined.

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