Whatsapp exchanges show Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar’s livid reaction following the discovery that fellow colleague MP Ian Castaldi Paris drew up the affidavit implicating her in a property deal. Cutajar messaged Castaldi Paris, stating; ‘Are you serious? You have to be dying of hunger to accept to do a false affidavit against a colleague and a 73-year-old person. I think you need to listen to my version…’ Castaldi Paris had his name emerge in the media as the notary who drew up an affidavit for Joseph Camilleri.
Castaldi Paris replied with: ‘I swear on my children that the only reason I signed it was to protect you and now I am the one getting the blame.’ Evidence published as part of the Standards Commissioner George Hyzler’s probe into Cutajar’s involvement in a property deal between Camilleri and Yorgen Fenech in 2019 includes the exchange.
Camilleri was chasing Cutajar and her political aide Charles Farrugia for a refund of brokerage fees after the sale of an Mdina palazzo fell through at the time of the affidavit. The sale fell through following Fenech’s arrest in connections with the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder.
Both Paris and Cutajar are Labour MPs, with Hyzler presenting the chats which were provided by Cutajar herself. Cutajar still maintains that she did not receive a fee from the sale. Hyzler did not believe the claim.
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Photo Source: Rosianne Cutajar FB, Ian Castaldi Paris FB