It was back in 2018 when MaltaToday informed us that a former aide of Nationalist MEP David Casa had declared, in a sworn affidavit Casa’s cocaine habit between the years 2009 and 2017 during which the two had a close relationship. Casa’s sexual orientation is known to all.
In his declaration, which MaltaToday had seen, “the former aide – describing himself as a whistleblower – says in unequivocal terms that he is a loyal Nationalist who has the interest of the party at heart.
‘What I have to state is prompted by my belief that the representatives of the Nationalist Party and of this nation should be represented by exemplary individuals of high moral integrity. In this very moment David Casa is giving the impression of being a model politician when facts prove the contrary.’
In his affidavit, the former aide said he is taking this difficult step in the interests of the truth and what he believed is right.
He recounts in his sworn declaration that he was in the presence of David Casa when the MEP would spend weekends in hotels – one in St Julian’s and another in Attard – and that during these stays, a particular person would arrive at the hotel to sell Casa cocaine and that he would pay him in cash.
He describes how Casa would be surrounded by friends and also aides, with whom he would also share the drugs with. He also declares that during these weekends Casa could spend between €600 to €700 on these sessions.
‘During these sessions he would be very talkative and hyper and a lot of alcohol would be consumed and there would be endless smoking of cigarettes with those present.
‘He was so taken up by this drug habit that he would miss important political events and other private functions.
‘There were also instances of drug taking in his office at the PN HQ but this did not continue after September 2017. His drug habits were well known to his entourage and most of his close aides and friends.’
The whistleblower is a longstanding Nationalist activist who has based his statement on his first-hand experiences by the side of the MEP.
In a reaction to the allegation, David Casa told MaltaToday: ‘I categorically and unreservedly deny this obscene allegation.’
In the rest of his long statement, Casa attempted to discredit the whistleblower, imputing that he had an association with the Labour government’ and that this aide had a gambling problem and was moved out of his office.
In a statement reported in other outlets, staff employed by David Casa said in a statement that they had never witnessed any of the allegations made in the affidavit.”
In a reaction, the N.P.A.S. – Nationalist Party Anzjan Skadut “said it does not tolerate any illegal behaviour from any of its members of parliament. Furthermore, it expects the highest of ethical standards in their conduct.” Say it to your dangerous establishment!
‘Throughout the duration of our employment with MEP David Casa, we have never witnessed any of the allegations published in today’s edition of MaltaToday. We have always experienced exemplary, professional and dedicated behaviour from MEP David Casa, whose work ethic and committent to his causes is why we choose to be employed in his office.’ This ‘statement was signed by all nine members of Casa’s staff: Nicholas Azzopardi, Etienne Zammit Guglielmi and Paul Degabriele, Salvatore Ellul Bonici, Michael Fenech, Andrew Formosa, Rebecca Galea, Fredrick Magro, and Christian Micallef.’
Now you can choose to believe the sworn affidavit. You can choose to believe Casa’s statement. You can choose to believe his staff’s statement. Or you can say that sworn affidavits are worth nothing as they are typical of liars or that this was just another made-up tabloid story.
In yet another part of my life where nothing is a coincidence, I would like to inform the readers that there was a period in my life when I needed to earn extra money so to hopefully start saving for property, considering the lousy teacher’s pay which I had. So, I used to work in a bar in Paceville on Fridays and Saturdays. I usually started at around 9 p.m. and lasted till approximately 2 a.m. It wasn’t bad with tips and nice music, although Paceville was never my kind of place. The bar in which I worked no longer exists but it was quite popular. I will not mention names due to its well-known owners too but it was quite popular with well-known local figures like footballers for example. And Casa was one of those. He was quite a regular customer. He used to come with the usual gang and he used to sit on the right hand side of the bar.
Often, the bar used to close its doors at a certain time and only the VIPs used to remain, while music volume was lowered. And it wasn’t the first time for Casa’s gang to follow-the-white-line on the bar’s counter. Some powder, a banking card, and your nose is led on the white line nicely and smoothly.
There was one particular individual who coincidentally happened to be mentioned among those of Casa’s staff who coincidentally happened to have the same name and surname of someone I knew in the sports arena and with whom I went out for a date. It lasted only one time, until he took out the white powder and followed-the-white-line too, asking me to follow too. I didn’t of course. But it is just a common name and surname that they share- and the white line – and I am sure it is just a coincidence.
And then there was another guy from Casa’s gang at the bar who wanted to take me to bed at all cost. And he tried to bribe me by giving me some white lines, in a small, transparent bag, for free, at all cost. In order to liberate myself from his pestering so to speak, I took the bag, and flushed it in the toilet. And my whole sentence for his ‘romantic offer’ was a ‘no’ ad infinitum, each time he tried, until he finally learnt that a ‘no’ is a whole sentence in my repertoire and that when I say ‘no,’ I mean ‘no’ and not a ‘yes.’
To be clear, I never saw Casa following-the-white-line while at the bar. And he was very polite with us bartenders. But his gang did. And in Maltese we have three sayings which go “Għidli ma’ min tagħmilha, u ngħidlek min int,” “Il-qasba ma ċċaqcaqx għalxejn” u ‘Tagħmilha maz-zopp fl-aħħar issir bħalu.” But yes, he did have a drink or two, or three, or four, or whatever.
Perhaps the Nationalists would like to take note of this piece and study some ethical morality before electing their favourite MEPs next June for the gravy train of coke and booze.
Follow the white line – David Casa and his cocaine habit allegations
It was back in 2018 when MaltaToday informed us that a former aide of Nationalist MEP David Casa had declared, in a sworn affidavit Casa’s cocaine habit between the years 2009 and 2017 during which the two had a close relationship. Casa’s sexual orientation is known to all.
In his declaration, which MaltaToday had seen, “the former aide – describing himself as a whistleblower – says in unequivocal terms that he is a loyal Nationalist who has the interest of the party at heart.
‘What I have to state is prompted by my belief that the representatives of the Nationalist Party and of this nation should be represented by exemplary individuals of high moral integrity. In this very moment David Casa is giving the impression of being a model politician when facts prove the contrary.’
In his affidavit, the former aide said he is taking this difficult step in the interests of the truth and what he believed is right.
He recounts in his sworn declaration that he was in the presence of David Casa when the MEP would spend weekends in hotels – one in St Julian’s and another in Attard – and that during these stays, a particular person would arrive at the hotel to sell Casa cocaine and that he would pay him in cash.
He describes how Casa would be surrounded by friends and also aides, with whom he would also share the drugs with. He also declares that during these weekends Casa could spend between €600 to €700 on these sessions.
‘During these sessions he would be very talkative and hyper and a lot of alcohol would be consumed and there would be endless smoking of cigarettes with those present.
‘He was so taken up by this drug habit that he would miss important political events and other private functions.
‘There were also instances of drug taking in his office at the PN HQ but this did not continue after September 2017. His drug habits were well known to his entourage and most of his close aides and friends.’
The whistleblower is a longstanding Nationalist activist who has based his statement on his first-hand experiences by the side of the MEP.
In a reaction to the allegation, David Casa told MaltaToday: ‘I categorically and unreservedly deny this obscene allegation.’
In the rest of his long statement, Casa attempted to discredit the whistleblower, imputing that he had an association with the Labour government’ and that this aide had a gambling problem and was moved out of his office.
In a statement reported in other outlets, staff employed by David Casa said in a statement that they had never witnessed any of the allegations made in the affidavit.”
In a reaction, the N.P.A.S. – Nationalist Party Anzjan Skadut “said it does not tolerate any illegal behaviour from any of its members of parliament. Furthermore, it expects the highest of ethical standards in their conduct.” Say it to your dangerous establishment!
‘Throughout the duration of our employment with MEP David Casa, we have never witnessed any of the allegations published in today’s edition of MaltaToday. We have always experienced exemplary, professional and dedicated behaviour from MEP David Casa, whose work ethic and committent to his causes is why we choose to be employed in his office.’ This ‘statement was signed by all nine members of Casa’s staff: Nicholas Azzopardi, Etienne Zammit Guglielmi and Paul Degabriele, Salvatore Ellul Bonici, Michael Fenech, Andrew Formosa, Rebecca Galea, Fredrick Magro, and Christian Micallef.’
Now you can choose to believe the sworn affidavit. You can choose to believe Casa’s statement. You can choose to believe his staff’s statement. Or you can say that sworn affidavits are worth nothing as they are typical of liars or that this was just another made-up tabloid story.
In yet another part of my life where nothing is a coincidence, I would like to inform the readers that there was a period in my life when I needed to earn extra money so to hopefully start saving for property, considering the lousy teacher’s pay which I had. So, I used to work in a bar in Paceville on Fridays and Saturdays. I usually started at around 9 p.m. and lasted till approximately 2 a.m. It wasn’t bad with tips and nice music, although Paceville was never my kind of place. The bar in which I worked no longer exists but it was quite popular. I will not mention names due to its well-known owners too but it was quite popular with well-known local figures like footballers for example. And Casa was one of those. He was quite a regular customer. He used to come with the usual gang and he used to sit on the right hand side of the bar.
Often, the bar used to close its doors at a certain time and only the VIPs used to remain, while music volume was lowered. And it wasn’t the first time for Casa’s gang to follow-the-white-line on the bar’s counter. Some powder, a banking card, and your nose is led on the white line nicely and smoothly.
There was one particular individual who coincidentally happened to be mentioned among those of Casa’s staff who coincidentally happened to have the same name and surname of someone I knew in the sports arena and with whom I went out for a date. It lasted only one time, until he took out the white powder and followed-the-white-line too, asking me to follow too. I didn’t of course. But it is just a common name and surname that they share- and the white line – and I am sure it is just a coincidence.
And then there was another guy from Casa’s gang at the bar who wanted to take me to bed at all cost. And he tried to bribe me by giving me some white lines, in a small, transparent bag, for free, at all cost. In order to liberate myself from his pestering so to speak, I took the bag, and flushed it in the toilet. And my whole sentence for his ‘romantic offer’ was a ‘no’ ad infinitum, each time he tried, until he finally learnt that a ‘no’ is a whole sentence in my repertoire and that when I say ‘no,’ I mean ‘no’ and not a ‘yes.’
To be clear, I never saw Casa following-the-white-line while at the bar. And he was very polite with us bartenders. But his gang did. And in Maltese we have three sayings which go “Għidli ma’ min tagħmilha, u ngħidlek min int,” “Il-qasba ma ċċaqcaqx għalxejn” u ‘Tagħmilha maz-zopp fl-aħħar issir bħalu.” But yes, he did have a drink or two, or three, or four, or whatever.
Perhaps the Nationalists would like to take note of this piece and study some ethical morality before electing their favourite MEPs next June for the gravy train of coke and booze.