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YOUR FIRST READ AND CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT maltatoday €1.95 2 today INSIDE MT2 A CULTURAL SHIFT today today SUNDAY • 2 JUNE 2019 • ISSUE 1022 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY SURVEY PAGE 4 The Tears Of Joy exhibition at Blitz, curated by Sara Dolfi Agostini 2 Need to know MATTHEW VELLA THE bloodbath did not come as expected. Opposition leader Adrian De- lia, fresh from a European elec- tion that lost the PN its third seat in Brussels, and a massive haem- orrhage of local councils that turned the political map scarlet red, yesterday entered his party's executive committee meeting determined he would not call for a vote of confidence. Inside the Pietà headquarters, Delia found no sign of rebellion either: no MP, not even the ones thirsting for mutiny during the last week of vote-counting at Naxxar, raised their voice to call into question Delia's leadership. Only Mark Anthony Sammut, the president of the executive, put his head up for the chop, tell- ing journalists later that – de- spite a vote of confidence called by Delia in him – the worst re- sult ever for the PN had to carry consequences. Not just for him, but also for the rest of the party. Yet nobody publicly aired that view during the PN executive meeting: MPs like former par- ty leader, Simon Busuttil, only spoke on the agenda's key item, the co-option of a new MP for the seat vacated by David Stellini – for him the choice was Xaghra local councillor Kevin Cutajar, a clear favourite among the 'anti- Delia' MPs. But that vote was won by De- lia's chief political advisor Jean- Pierre Debono, husband of MP Kristy Debono, who first re- signed his seat in 2017 to allow Delia to be co-opt- ed to the House. Delia to be co-opt- PAGE 3 Unchallenged by MPs, Delia lives to fight another day Need to know ALEX PERICI CALASCIONE The people have delivered a fi nal warning: the PN must get its act together INTERVIEW 16-17 Why the Maltese have to arm themselves against the anti-vaxxer misinformation PAGE 15 Inside the PN Executive PAGE 3 Co-option debate reveals party split, but Delia is defi ant: 'I will take PN to the next general elections' How PN support shrunk over 20 years Echoes of an implosion PAGE 10-11 Support for Gozo tunnel project still running high KURT SANSONE A MaltaToday Survey has shown that support for the tunnel linking Gozo and Mal- ta has remained stable with almost 61% of people in fa- vour of the project. The survey shows that agreement with the tunnel project cuts across all age groups, men and women and across all resgions. The findings are also very similar to those of the No- vember survey.