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KURT SANSONE ROBERT Abela's trust rating has bounced up seven points since March to climb to 47.2%, while Ber- nard Grech scored his highest trust rating at 35.8%, an increase of one point. But the trust gap between the lead- ers has more than doubled to 11 points as a result of Abela's substan- tial recovery. Labour has also reversed a down- ward trend in the polls, now with support at 41.8%, but the PN stands at 35.6%, its best result since 2017. The PN's support increased by three points, while the PL's support went up by 2.6 points. Taking into account the actual per- formance of the political parties in the last general election as a start- ing point and using the survey results on how people vot- ed back then and how they will vote now, shows the PL ahead with just under 26,000 votes. In the 2017 gen- eral election, the PL surpassed the PN by 35,280 votes. TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/COVID19 SUNDAY • 11 APRIL 2021 • ISSUE 1119 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday Mintoff's Gang of Four MALTATODAY SURVEY PGS 8-9 Call +356 2122 4405 E-mail info@laferla.com.mt Visit www.laferla.com.mt Laferla Insurance Agency Ltd. is enrolled under the Insurance Distribution Act, Cap 487 of the Laws of Malta to act as an Insurance Agent for MAPFRE Middlesea p.l.c. (MMS). MMS (C-5553) is authorised by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) under the Insurance Business Act, Cap 403 of the Laws of Malta. Both entities are regulated by the MFSA. EXPERIENCE LED TRUST WORTHY PROMPTNESS GUARANTEED FAIRNESS FOCUSED PAGE 3 €1.95 Newsrooms against contempt of court charges 'Criminalising such stories is the very opposite of what Malta needs right now in these extraordinary times where institutions are finally taking action after five painful years' Rebound for Abela, Grech registers best performance ever Ex police chief called Theuma's friend on eve of testimony MATTHEW VELLA EX-POLICE commissioner Lawrence Cutajar was in con- tact with Edwin Brincat, known as il-Ġojja, on the eve of his testimony in the compilation of evidence against the alleged mastermind in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder. The former police chief called Brincat, a known confidant of middleman Melvin Theuma, on the night of 14 June 2020 at 7:55pm, and spent 14 minutes in conversation with him. The next day, Cutajar testified in the compilation of evidence, after which the presiding mag- istrate ordered that he be for- mally investigated on allega- tions that he tipped off Theuma about ongoing investigations back in 2019. On that same day, 15 June, the court also heard testimony from Edgar Brincat, a friend of both Cutajar and Theuma, who insisted both men did not know each other. According to sources close to the investigation, Cutajar called Brincat from a location in Luqa; Brincat was in Attard at that point. Contacted on Saturday, Cuta- jar said he was aware that Brin- cat's telephone "could be under observation". "I do not remember why I would have called him. If anything, the fact that I did call him knowing his line would be under observation, shows that I have nothing to hide." HIGH PRIEST Meet Daniel Gauci. the new evangelist of cannabis PAGE 10 Alfred Sant's memoirs on Dom's kitchen cabinet PAGE 14-15 mt survey Lawrence Cutajar spoke to Edwin Brincat 'il-Ġojja' on the eve of their testimony in court Former police chief Lawrence Cutajar spoke to Edwin Brincat on the eve of their testimony in the compilation of evidence against Yorgen Fenech PAGE 2