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4 NEWS maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 Letter of Intention The Director, Mr. Sandor Kumcsak of JAZ HOLDINGS LTD., declares their intention or the company to register for an Employment Agency licence in accordance to article 23 of the Employment and Training Services Act, 1990 (Act XXVIII of 1990). The activities proposed to be carried out are the following: 1) Recruitment Consultancy 2) Interviewing, selection and placements of candidates in employment 3) Recruitment of persons from abroad to employment in Malta or in an EU member state 4) Recruitment of persons in Malta for employment in Malta or in an EU member state 5) Advertising of the filling of vacancies 6) Keeping a register of applicants for employment Official Registered Office Address: 19, Triq il-Kappella, San Gwann, SGN 1345, Malta The office address of the premises at which the employment agency or employment business is to be carried out: 19, Triq il-Kappella, San Gwann, SGN 1345, Malta. Company Registration Number: C88426 Letter of Intention The Director, Mr. Sztaniszlav Volodimirovics Popovics of SPARKLING STAR LTD., declares their intention or the company to register for an Employment Agency licence in accordance to article 23 of the Employment and Training Services Act, 1990 (Act XXVIII of 1990). The activities proposed to be carried out are the following: 1) Recruitment Consultancy 2) Interviewing, selection and placements of candidates in employment 3) Recruitment of persons from abroad to employment in Malta or in an EU member state 4) Recruitment of persons in Malta for employment in Malta or in an EU member state 5) Advertising of the filling of vacancies 6) Keeping a register of applicants for employment Official Registered Office Address: 19, Triq il-Kappella, San Gwann, SGN 1345, Malta. The office address of the premises at which the employment agency or employment business is to be carried out: 19, Triq il-Kappella, San Gwann, SGN 1345, Malta. Company Registration Number: C93116 JAMES DEBONO IMMIGRATION was the most important issue for 20% of the Maltese when voting in May's European Parliament election, a Eurobarometer survey released yesterday shows. This was followed by environmental pro- tection, which was the primary motivation for 19% of voters. But it is doubtful whether these issues had any real impact on a significant part of the electorate whose choices seem to be prede- termined by tribal loyalty. The survey found that 61% of respondents in Malta said they voted for the party they usually vote for, when asked to list more than one reason for their choice of political party. When pressed for just one reason for their choice, 41% cited party loyalty. The Maltese were the most likely to cite party loyalty among all EU countries. Only 12% identified as their sole reason, the party's stand on European issues, while 15% voted for the party based on its posi- tion on national issues. One in 10 voters said their primary reason for their choice was based on the inclusion of candidates they liked on the party list. The Eurobarometer survey found that only 12% of voters hesitated in their choice between different parties before making their decision. 87% said they were always sure for which party they were going to vote. This indicates that people's minds may have long been set on how they will vote, making the election campaign almost irrel- evant. Only 5% decided on who to vote for a few weeks before the election, with a paltry 2% admitting to have made their decision in the final days. Who were the non-voters? The survey indicates that more than a third of those who abstained had decided not to vote months before the election while 28% replied that they never vote. While 35% of those who did not vote in the MEP election, had decided so a few months before, only 1% had decided not to vote in the last weeks, while 6% had decided not to vote in the last few days. A further 2% decided not to vote on the day of the vote. The percentage of those who decided not to vote months before the May election in- creased by six points over 2014, while the percentage who decided not to vote in the last weeks and days dropped. Asked to give three reasons on why they did not vote, 27% replied they were not in- terested in politics. 23% replied that they were opposed to the EU and18% expressed lack of trust or dissatisfaction with politi- cal parties in general. 19% replied that they rarely, or never vote. 12% describe themselves as right wing Respondents were asked to place their po- litical views on a scale between left and right. The survey shows that 29% define them- selves as left wing (an increase of two points over 2014), 23% define themselves as cen- trists, (a decrease of four points), while 12% define themselves as right wing, a one-point increase over 2014. 14% did not define themselves. The 29% who define themselves as left wing are divided between those 10% who lean more towards the far left and those with more moderate views (18%). While the former declined by two points since 2014, the latter increased by three points. Spain emerged from the survey as the most left wing European country (41%) while Hungary the most right wing (38%). Voters had long decided who to vote for in MEP election KARL AZZOPARDI NATIONALIST Party leader Adrian Delia has said that every passport brokered by IIP agent Chetcuti Cauchi Advisors, must be investi- gated. On Monday, a secret re- cording by a French TV news programme revealed one of Malta's most success- ful agents of the IIP, boasting of his friendly relations with Prime Minister Joseph Mus- cat and the Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship Julia Farrugia Portelli. In a reaction to the report, the PN called for the cash-for- citizenship programme to be suspended after the passport agent boasted about his influ- ence with the authorities. "There should be an investi- gation into the company, the passports it has brokered and any negotiation it has carried out in the name of the coun- try," Delia said. The government has sus- pended Chetcuti Cauchi's li- cence and the IIP agency has asked the scheme regulator to look into every application the agent was involved in. The Opposition leader also said that the people men- tioned in the French report should also be investigated, after the report showed the agent boasting of his close relationship with top govern- ment officials. Delia said that beyond the investigation, one must see who was involved from the government's side, and the relevant authorities. "We must also see what damaging effects these re- ports will have on Malta, and who will be held responsible," Delia said. The PN leader also reiterat- ed his position, that if the PN were to be elected to govern- ment, the IIP scheme would be abolished. He also called on the gov- ernment to publish a list of the investors that have en- rolled within the IIP scheme, and what their investments entail. In a reaction to Delia's com- ments, the parliamentray sec- tretary for citizenship stated that the MIIPA has already asked the IIP regulator to review all files submitted by the said agent and has put all pending applications on hold. Delia wants every passport brokered by 'boastful' IIP agent investigated