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2 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 16 FEBRUARY 2020 SPORT LATEST RESULTS NEWS BOV Premier League Sliema Wanderers 1 Tarxien Rainbows 0 Sliema Wanderers starting line-up: Jake Galea, Michele Sansone, Kurt Shaw, John Mintoff, Mark Scerri (Antonio Stelitano-45), Federico Vasilchik, Claudio Zappa (Alex Satariano-77), Juri Cisotti, Gilmar Ribeira Da Silva (Jean Paul Farrugia-65), Edmond Agius, Goran Adamovic Tarxien Rainbows starting line-up: Rudy Briffa Marco Botta, Thomas Veronese, Destin Mambouana (Miguel Ciantar-59), Gary Camilleri, Ayrton Azzopardi (Daniel Vassallo-83), Aleksa Andrejic, Marko Stanojevic, Matthew Tabone, Miranda Gomez (Kazuki Ohata-70), Daniel Zerafa Referee: Mario Apap Assistant Referees: Paul Apap, James Muscat Fourth Official: Fyodor Zammit BOV Player of the Match: Juri Cisotti (Sliema) Scorers: Jean Paul Farrugia (Sliema) Santa Lucia 0 Sirens 2 Santa Lucia starting line-up: Timothy Aquilina, Gabriel Mentz, Kevin Pinheiro, Jackson Mendoza (Neil Micallef-34), Maxuell da Silva, Kevin Ante Rosero (Jacob Walker-65), Daniel Agius, Farid Zuniga, Jamie Zerafa, Paulo Henrique de Azevedo, Leighton Grech Sirens starting line- up: David Cassar, Ryan Grech, Emmanuel Okoye, Wellington de Oliveira (Luke Grech-90), Raphael dos Anjos, Ricardo da Silva Faria (Lucas Menezes Romarinho-89), Edward Herrera, Adrian Borg, Ige Adeschina, Flavio Cheveresan, Thiago Espindola de Paula Referee: Ishmael Barbara Assistant Referees: Roberto Vella, Darko Stankovic Fourth Official: Daniel Portelli BOV Player of the Match: Flavio Cheveresan (Sirens) Scorers: Flavio Cheveresan, Emmanuel Okoye (Sirens) Floriana 1 Gudja United 2 Scorers: Matias Nicolas Garcia (Floriana), Enzo Ruiz (Floriana OG), Miguel Antonio Jimenez (Gudja United) Hibernians 3 Mosta 1 Scorers: Jake Grech, Joseph Mbong, Imanol Iriberri (Hibernians), Gabriel Aquilina (Mosta) TODAY'S MATCHES Balzan vs Gzira United 2pm Valletta vs Birkirkara 4pm TOMORROW Hamrun Spartans vs Senglea Athletic 7pm CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Delia was elected leader of the PN in September 2017 by party members – the first for any political party – ob- taining the support of 52.7%. The survey numbers suggest that Delia's standing among members has improved slightly since then but con- tinues to face resistance among a vociferous, strong minority within the party's rank and file. The survey suggests a split allegiance between PN members in the southern electoral districts and those in the northern areas. Delia enjoys stronger support in the south. More than 70% of PN mem- bers in the Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth electoral dis- tricts say Delia should not re- sign. The strong support the PN leader draws from these districts is a reflection of those MPs who have backed him from the start – Stephen Spiteri, Carm Mifsud Bonn- ici, Hermann Schiavone and Clyde Puli, who were elected in the Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts in the last general election. Interestingly, the Fourth District is also home to MP Jason Azzopardi, who has been at loggerheads with his own leader from day one. In Gozo, the home of Chris Said – Delia's leadership opponent in the 2017 race – 56.2% of tesserati do not want their leader to resign. The significant problems Delia faces are in the tradi- tional PN-leaning districts between the Ninth and the Twelfth. In the Tenth District, which includes Sliema and St Ju- lian's, 55.9% of PN members want Delia to resign. This is the only district where the majority of members want their leader out, a reflection of the crowds that have been rallying behind NGOs Repubblika and Occupy Justice. In the Eleventh and Twelfth districts, Delia only manages relative majorities in his favour. In the Eleventh District 47.7% of members do not want Delia to step down as opposed to 40.3% who do. In the Twelfth, 43.7% do not want him to resign as opposed to 40.4% who do. Lack of unity is party members' biggest concern KURT SANSONE FROM cold war to open war- fare, Adrian Delia's leadership has been characterised by in- fighting that has put electors off the Nationalist Party and destabilised members. The situation flared up again two weeks ago after a MaltaTo- day survey put Delia's national trust rating at its lowest in two years. Members of the PN parlia- mentary group openly rebelled, asking their leader to step down in a game of high stakes that saw Delia stand his ground and warning MPs to either toe the line or leave. Now, a MaltaToday survey among PN members – tesse- rati – shows that their biggest concern is lack of unity. Just under half of members (46.4%) identified lack of unity as the biggest problem facing their party today. This was followed by 17.4% of members who said their biggest concern was an 'inadequate parlia- mentary group'. Only 11.9% identified having an 'inade- quate leader' as their main worry. The party's big debts and financial woes, which were highlighted in the resigna- tion letters of Clyde Puli and Robert Arrigo, barely feature, with only 4% of tesserati indicating them as their major concern. Once again, the divide be- tween north and south emerg- es. While lack of unity is the major concern across all elec- toral districts, Delia's inade- quacy as leader jumps from single-digit numbers in the first six districts to double-digit fig- ures between the Seventh and the Thirteenth districts. The Sliema district registers the highest number of party members (22.4%) who believe having an inadequate leader is a major concern. Methodology The survey was carried out between Wednesday 12 Feb- ruary and Friday 14 February 2020. 651 respondents opted to complete the survey. Strat- ified random sampling based on district, age and gender was used to replicate the National- ist Party membership. The es- timated margin of error is 3.8% for a confidence interval of 95% for the overall results. Demo- graphic and sub-group break- downs have larger margins of error. In the trust questions, re- spondents were asked to give a rating on a scale from one to 10 with one being the lowest and 10 the highest. Results were then grouped in three catego- ries: low (scores 1-3); medium (4-7); and high (1-8). 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 23.7% 14.5% 61.8% 6.7% 28.1% 65.2% 13.8% 27.2% 59.0% 9.5% 26.7% 63.8% 22.6% 18.3% 59.0% 12.4% 32.1% 55.5% 16.8% 40.0% 43.2% 39.9% 20.6% 39.5% 16.3% 33.4% 50.3% 16.6% 29.9% 53.5% 19.0% 22.8% 58.2% Overall M F 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ Primary Secondary Post-Sec Tertiary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 11.9% 17.4% 46.4% 15.1% 13.1% 20.1% 6.3% 40.7% 15.9% 10.7% 14.7% 52.3% 14.1% 9.0% 9.5% 24.8% 14.8% 31.7% 10.2% 10.4% 21.0% 46.1% 17.8% 15.4% 16.2% 46.7% 17.7% 10.9% 14.8% 6.8% 49.9% 13.3% 20.8% 45.9% 20.5% 11.1% 19.4% 47.5% 12.4% 20.8% 18.0% 36.5% 20.2% 15.9% 7.5% 9.0% 51.7% 12.6% 8.4% 15.0% 55.7% 16.4% 20.2% 51.5% 17.7% 10.8% 9.4% 15.3% 44.0% 20.6% 22.4% 16.9% 44.4% 10.6% 22.8% 47.4% 21.6% 34.9% 41.2% 13.5% 19.9% 28.2% 37.4% 10.7% 6.1% 11.4% 18.3% 35.1% 24.0% 15.4% 14.2% 6.0% 55.4% 8.9% 22.4% 13.8% 43.0% 13.9% 14.8% 16.7% 7.8% 51.1% 7.0% 11.6% 7.4% 11.4% 50.6% 13.8% 14.0% 12.1% 10.6% 46.1% 15.8% Financial woes Inadequate leader Inadequate parliamentary group Lack of policy Lack of unity Don't know What is your main concern about the PN, as a PN paid-up member? 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Overall M F 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ Primary Secondary Post-Sec Tertiary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 11.9% 17.4% 46.4% 15.1% 13.1% 20.1% 6.3% 40.7% 15.9% 10.7% 14.7% 52.3% 14.1% 9.0% 9.5% 24.8% 14.8% 31.7% 10.2% 10.4% 21.0% 46.1% 17.8% 15.4% 16.2% 46.7% 17.7% 10.9% 14.8% 6.8% 49.9% 13.3% 20.8% 45.9% 20.5% 11.1% 19.4% 47.5% 12.4% 20.8% 18.0% 36.5% 20.2% 15.9% 7.5% 9.0% 51.7% 12.6% 8.4% 15.0% 55.7% 16.4% 20.2% 51.5% 17.7% 10.8% 9.4% 15.3% 44.0% 20.6% 22.4% 16.9% 44.4% 10.6% 22.8% 47.4% 21.6% 34.9% 41.2% 13.5% 19.9% 28.2% 37.4% 10.7% 6.1% 11.4% 18.3% 35.1% 24.0% 15.4% 14.2% 6.0% 55.4% 8.9% 22.4% 13.8% 43.0% 13.9% 14.8% 16.7% 7.8% 51.1% 7.0% 11.6% 7.4% 11.4% 50.6% 13.8% 14.0% 12.1% 10.6% 46.1% 15.8% Financial woes Inadequate leader Inadequate parliamentary group Lack of policy Lack of unity Don't know What is your main concern about the PN, as a PN paid-up member?