Economy Minister at The Stable last night with woman, 50, in hot-pants

The Minister for the Economy and newly elected Labour Party deputy leader, Chris Cardona, was at The Stable bar in Sappers Street, Valletta, yet again at 10.30/11 last night, with a non-Maltese woman of around 50, who had bleached hair and wore hot-pants.

“She looked like a tramp,” an eyewitness said. “The Minister was using foul language and this woman had her arm around him. The place was full of sleazy guys who were smoking indoors and who didn’t seem to be up to anything good. The atmosphere seemed quite intimate in a bad way.”

“At one point this woman’s hand was around the Economy Minister’s waist with her fingers slightly tucked into his waistband from behind. He seemed quite paranoid when he saw me looking. It all looked so wrong.”

The Minister for the Economy, Chris Cardona, at The Stable in Valletta – this photograph was taken on a midweek afternoon in the winter.

The Minister for the Economy, Chris Cardona (centre) and his chief of staff, Mario Azzopardi (left) are seen swinging towards The Stable bar on a midweek afternoon last March with an unidentified man.