Labour Party deputy leader covered up cocaine-dealing at Hal Safi Labour Party club/club president disposed of the evidence

This conversation between the Labour Party’s deputy leader Toni Abela and unnamed others took place in 2011 and was (obviously) recorded without his knowledge.

Toni Abela describes how the president of a Labour Party club – the location isn’t given, but inside information later revealed that it was Hal Safi – came across the club barman carving up a brick of cocaine.

The Labour club president panicked, sacked the barman and disposed of the cocaine. The matter came before Abela, who as party deputy leader is responsible for the party clubs.

“I sacked the president there and then. What could I do?” Abela is heard saying. “Go to the police and get him into trouble? He was the one who disposed of the evidence.” He then says that it was better to hush the matter up and avoid problems.

Toni Abela’s behaviour is frightening, but not as frightening as that of the electorate, who voted this cabal into power and who made more hysterical fuss about a fake arlogg tal-lira worth 500 euros than they did about the Labour Party covering up cocaine-dealing at one of its own clubs.