David Casa may have scored a win in Brussels, but it’s a victory that comes at Malta’s expense. 

By pushing for yet another European Parliament debate targeting his own country, Casa has not only undermined his new leader, Alex Borg, but also alienated the Maltese people.

David Casa fought for yet another debate in the European Parliament plenary to continue tarnishing Malta’s reputation, and he got it.

His new leader, Alex Borg, had appeared determined to move away from the politics of rattling pots and Repubblika. Yet Casa paraded him along the corridors of the European Parliament to lobby for a debate against Malta to take place. Just days later, Alex Borg was also convinced to attend, as a spectator, an event organised by the same Repubblika.

David Casa is a winner, but his victory is his loss. His party’s loss. Malta’s loss.

The electorate is not interested in divisive politics. Malta’s people are proud to be Maltese. Casa and his army of reputation-tarnishers are at war with the very interests they are meant to defend.

Did Casa assert his strength by successfully managing to get such a destructive debate, with the support of his leader, on the EP agenda? Of course he did. But in doing so, he reduced his leader to just another powerless figure, like his predecessors, one unable to resist the tentacles of the establishment.

He confirmed that his party’s agenda is dictated by an extremist offshoot whose only aim is disruptive, destructive behaviour, to the extent that they are even promising to attempt to disrupt this year’s budget presentation. 

Casa’s anti-Labour fixation knows no limits. It even led him into a public squabble in which he falsely claimed that the S&D Group supported the debate against Malta. Not only did the S&D not support the debate, but it also opposed it. In a statement published later by the political group, it became increasingly evident that the debate was not only against Malta but was also intended to inflict maximum damage.

Read the full statement here:
https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds-malta-rule-law-debates-shall-never-be-politicised

David Casa may well have managed to gain the upper hand over his newly elected leader. For extremists like Casa, this is seen as a strong victory.

For the moderate voter, however, it is simply more of the same. The Maltese want their reputation safeguarded, their rights and pride defended, and their economy advanced to new heights.

What Casa and the PN are doing is the exact opposite.