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17 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 5 MAY 2019 NEWS EUROPEAN ELECTIONS DAVID HUDSON A petition has been launched by a group of Labour Party stalwarts in an effort to compel Joseph Muscat to stay on as Prime Minister. The petition, titled 'Joseph, Malta bz- onnok' (Joseph, Malta needs you) has been presented by a group called Inter- ess ta' Malta (Malta's Interest), led by former General Workers' Union boss Tony Zarb, ex-president of the Labour Party Emanuel Cuschieri and Labour's Gozo factotum Guza Cassar. "We believe the majority believe in Joseph Muscat's capabilities and we therefore feel that we need to unite so that he continues leading the country on the right path," they said at a press conference. The organisers hope they can present the petition to Muscat in the shortest possible time. Muscat has continued to dispel the possibility of running for another term and that two terms as Prime Minister are enough. He is yet to declare when he is to step down, however. Muscat appeared to hint about his fu- ture plans recently when he told Labour Party delegates that "Joseph Muscat will not stop abruptly". Muscat has repeatedly declared since the last general election that he will not contest another general election, and two terms as Prime Minister are enough. He has not, however, said when he will step down and whether he will step down from both the government and the party leadership. He has not ruled out seeking a top EU post. His remark last week on Sunday was greeted by a long applause by the del- egates, many of whom have been calling for him to stay on. Labour old guard launches petition for Muscat to stay on as Prime Minister JOSEPH M. SAMMUT CAMILLA APPELGREN JAMES GRECH JOSEF CARUANA MARTIN CAUCHI INGLOTT ARNOLD CASSOLA CYRUS ENGERER DAVID STELLINI NORMAN LOWELL FRANCIS ZAMMIT DIMECH JOSIANNE CUTAJAR ALEX AGIUS SALIBA PETER AGIUS DAVID CASA FRANK PSAILA ROBERTA METSOLA ALFRED SANT MIRIAM DALLI ALL VOTED PL IN 2017 VOTED PN IN 2017 VOTED AD IN 2017 DID NOT VOTE MALE FEMALE 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ PRIMARY SECONDARY POST SEC TERTIARY GOZO NORTHERN NORTHERN HARBOUR SOUTH EASTERN SOUTHERN HARBOUR WESTERN 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 1.7% 1.8% 2.0% 2.9% 6.4% 8.8% 11.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 2.8% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 17.2% 22.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 1.4% 0.0% 2.9% 1.8% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 4.6% 5.1% 6.5% 15.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 26.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 6.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.8% 1.0% 0.8% 2.2% 1.6% 1.7% 1.8% 2.4% 2.0% 2.1% 3.4% 4.4% 11.1% 12.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.7% 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 1.6% 2.0% 2.5% 8.7% 6.2% 10.5% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.2% 1.5% 0.8% 0.7% 1.1% 1.5% 3.8% 8.4% 0.7% 8.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 1.6% 2.2% 0.7% 1.6% 0.0% 1.8% 1.8% 1.9% 3.1% 0.0% 1.4% 9.2% 6.6% 10.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 2.6% 0.8% 1.6% 2.6% 3.7% 2.6% 2.1% 5.1% 3.5% 13.4% 14.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 3.7% 19.1% 15.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 4.8% 0.0% 2.3% 18.3% 16.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 1.6% 0.0% 1.0% 1.5% 2.2% 1.6% 2.9% 3.8% 5.4% 11.3% 13.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.2% 0.0% 3.4% 2.6% 2.6% 0.0% 2.5% 13.3% 4.8% 9.5% 0.0% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 1.5% 2.1% 0.0% 1.5% 1.5% 3.4% 0.9% 0.7% 2.9% 0.0% 3.2% 7.0% 1.3% 7.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 3.6% 0.0% 13.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.0% 4.1% 10.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% 0.0% 2.3% 7.4% 9.2% 7.5% 10.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 0.0% 2.3% 0.0% 2.9% 1.1% 1.1% 2.3% 4.4% 2.7% 2.1% 6.6% 14.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8% 10.9% 12.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 1.8% 2.5% 0.8% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 6.2% 7.7% 12.3% 14.7% 0.0% 1.5% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 12.0% 10.5% 2.8% FULL DATA L-R: Guza Cassar, Manuel Cuschieri, and Tony Zarb