The son of Charles Brignone, who sadly lost his life way back in August 2012 in a tragic boating hit and run, has slammed Jason Azzopardi for ‘reopening wounds’ after using a boating hit and run incident as a cryptic reference against Prime Minister Robert Abela.

Romario Brignone’s father was sadly hit on the head by a propeller while snorkling in Marsascala, during a family camping trip in Żonqor.

Azzopardi’s post which read “Prime (minister), how long will you hold onto the buoy? The truth of the inquiry will come out. This is not a hit and run at sea. Those from the south have not forgotten what happened in Marsascala in 2012,”, references a boating hit and run incident which happened in 2012 in Marsascala but he later told Times of Malta that he was referring to another incident.

Romario in a Facebook post responding to Azzopardi’s post stated that “Almost 12- years, that’s how long it took for this wound to re-open for me, my mother Josianne Brignone and other family members regarding my father’s case,”

Brignone also confirmed that he personally messaged the lawyer asking whether he had more information to what he had posted on Facebook. He stated that “His reply was simple that he does not know about my father’s case, and that he was not referring to that case but another one”.

He ended his response post by saying “If you tried to use my father’s case for ulterior motives or to send a message you must have no heart. Don’t throw a bomb like that after 12 years without considering anything. Shame. I cannot believe it,”

When asked by Times of Malta which incident he was referring to, Jason Azzopardi would not answer.

#MaltaDaily