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3 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 23 FEBRUARY 2020 Gafà CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Gafà denied that the Libyan authorities had asked for some- thing in return, adding that there was an obligation on their part to repay Malta's decision in 2014 to take in Libyan patients injured during the fighting. Gafà also defended his meetings with Libyan warlord Haithem Tajouri, who is slapped with UN sanctions over accusations that he breached human rights. "I met Mr Tajouri more than once, just like the French and Italian authorities met him. I also met other militia leaders. Tajouri has one of the largest militias… these militias control the territo- ry in Libya and it is important to maintain contact with them," he said. Gafà was employed in the Of- fice of the Prime Minister on a person of trust basis by Joseph Muscat but resigned last month after Robert Abela became prime minister. Last week, he testified in the Daphne Caruana Galizia pub- lic inquiry, speaking for the first time on the migration pact he helped broker. NEWS gled somewhere in that concoc- tion too. Nadur has become something of an annual appointment for Mal- tese visitors — people we spoke to even compared it to "boring" old Malta and that Nadur offered a wilder experience. "Carnival is boring in Malta. It's here you can truly express yourself." Gozitans who were asked whether the influx of Maltese was changing the carnival for the worse replied in the negative. "The more the merrier, that's what the carnival spirit is truly about," they said. "Carnival is boring in Malta. It's here you can truly express yourself" No holds barred: top, a couple are one amongst many Nadur revellers whose costumes make reference to the Coronavirus influenza; below left, the real satire... a float depicting Joseph Muscat's inglorious exit from politics, featuring both the Petrus wine bottle and Bvlgari watch gifted to him by Yorgen Fenech; below right, the Enemalta foursome deck boiler-suits to poke fun at the nationwide power-cut after the interconnector was damaged THE LOYAL SERVANT PGS 10-11