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SUNDAY • 10 DECEMBER 2023 • ISSUE 1258 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
Book café and a
reading garden
proposed at Belt
is-Sebh library
PAGE 7
Malta resists
Helena Dalli
text on no-
consent rape
PAGES 10 - 11
Developers
seeking 2
more floors
for Savoy
PAGE 16
Cicero's cue Landmark
Rape
Protecting women
maltatoday
PAGE 6
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PAGS 12 - 15
Dr Natalie Psaila
talks about
abortion sexual
health, and
education
INTERVIEW MT2
Gozo Abbazia: 'Archbishop turned foundation deed into à la carte
menu by allowing lawyer to lease out lands to speculators'
KARL
AZZOPARDI
kazzopardi@mediatoday.com.mt
Labour strengthens lead
despite record abstentions
• 69.8% turnout would give a 10,352-vote advantage to Labour
• 30.2% will not vote if an election is held now
• Abela enjoys a trust lead of 16.4
points over Grech
• 41.3% of voters trust neither of
the leaders
VOTING
Other: 9.6% | Turnout: 69.8%
TRUST
Abela: 37.5% Grech: 21% None: 41.3% | Gap: 16.4pts
PL 47.3% 43.1% PN
MALTATODAY'S latest survey shows lit-
tle change over the past month with Labour
increasing its lead over the PN by less than a
point.
Support for the PL stands at 47.3%, the PN at
43.1% and third parties collectively poll 9.6%.
Robert Abela's trust rating stands at 37.5%
while Bernard Grech is trusted by 21%.
But the survey confirms widespread dis-
gruntlement particularly among Labour
voters, with the party losing 34% of its 2022
voters to abstention. Moreover, a relative ma-
jority of voters trust neither leader.
For the first time, the MaltaToday survey
provides a breakdown of voting intentions
and the trust barometer by income brackets.
The breakdown suggests higher levels of
disgruntlement with the political class among
those earning between €1,000 and €3,000 a
month.
AN Opposition motion calling for
independent MP Rosianne Cuta-
jar to return money from a past
consultancy has caused a stir in
the PN parliamentary group.
The parliamentary motion asks
Cutajar to return money she was
paid as a consultant to the CEO of
the Institute of Tourism Studies
(ITS) in 2019. A National Audit
Office probe found her employ-
ment to be irregular and fraudu-
lent.
Furore among
PN MPs as
Rosianne Cutajar
motion reveals
inconvenient truth
Rosianne Cutajar
€1.95
JAMES DEBONO
jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt
