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TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/COVID19 maltatoday ARNOLD CASSOLA A racist narrative that criminalises migration PAGE 14 €1.95 Going it alone in 2022 as a well-known independent candidate MT2 El Hiblu 3 AUM: ABJECT FAILURE Michael Falzon on yet another Muscat project that has met a demise MT2 ABELA'S LONG GAME PAGE 4 Risky game or calculated gamble: Abela's election ploy PAGE 8-9 Charles 'City' Gatt, 1944-2022 Tributes for the man who gave Malta jazz and inspired generations of musicians, creating the island's most enduring of music festivals PAGE 2 PHOTOGRAPHY JOE P. SMITH (C) Sadeen exit Zonqor for Smart City land swap KURT SANSONE SMART City will relinquish a parcel of land to government, in a deal that paves the way for the American Uni- versity of Malta's relocation, Malta- Today has learnt. The new agreement with Smart City is expected to be tabled in parliament as part of a back-to-back arrange- ment, that includes AUM giving up its title on land at Żonqor in Marsas- kala. Sources said government will not fork out a cent in this land-swap. AUM will relinquish the Żonqor site it was granted in 2015 and be re-assigned a similar-sized area at Smart City. "A new agreement was required with Smart City to satisfy contrac- tual milestones and part of the deal includes returning part of the land to government," the sources said. The land transferred back to gov- ernment at Smart City includes the area earmarked in 2016 for a new tourism school campus, and for which planning permits remain pending. Neither government nor Sadeen will fork out a cent in campus land-swap SUNDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2022 • ISSUE 1164 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Elections 2022 In hunt for non-voters, Grech will run on 12th PAGE 4 Abduction gang Car businesses change directors in bid to avoid blacklisting LUKE VELLA COMPANIES belonging to mem- bers of the so-called abduction gang have changed directors in a bid to avert a fallout from their blacklisting on lucrative public contracts. Christian Borg, the main shareholder of the Princess group of companies, accused of direct involvement in the abduction and assault of a man, conceded the di- rectorship of his company Princess Operations to Joseph Camenzuli, a one-time photographer for the Labour Party and prime minister Joseph Muscat. PAGE 12