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€1.20 maltatoday YOUR FIRST READ AND FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT MARIO FARRUGIA BORG INTERVIEWED • PAGES 12-13 Download the MaltaToday App now SUNDAY • 8 DECEMBER 2013 • ISSUE 735 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY AY TOD E SOLD €2.00 WHER BER 2013 ER 25 • DECEM ISSUE NUMB Delicious stocking fillers at ts Meats & Ea Christmas cakes from around the world Fat of the land OVER 35 S RECIPE INSIDE YOUR FREE COPY OF GOURMET TODAY It's a Christmas bumper issue! 'No to Mistrafication' urmettoday www.facebook.com/go Continues on page 3 Dalligate • New evidence sparks new leads? Muscat retains strong trust lead, but 'Taghna Lkoll' loses its sheen A MaltaToday survey conducted over the past week reveals that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat still retains a strong 17-point 'trust' lead over Opposition leader Simon Busuttil. However his performance rating a prime minister dropped by 4 points. Despite his popularity, a majority of respondents still disagree with the Individual Investor Programme approved by parliament last month. And although Muscat removed a controversial secrecy clause, those who agree with the 'golden passport' scheme re- The survey also shows a shake-up in the list of concerns of the general public. While concern on the cost of living and utility bills has fallen to an all-time low, the environment and immigration have increased dramatically. Jobs now top the list of Maltese concerns, while the environment and overdevelopment emerge as the third mostmentioned concern after the cost of living. Another concern that increased in ranking is public transport. FULL SURVEY PGS 9,10, 11 Who do you trust the most between Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil? SEE FULL STORY ON PG 4 INSIDE Film director Joshua Oppenheimer INTERVIEWED page 17 Crimeland Bormla RAPHAEL VASSALLO pgs 14-15 46.4% 1% Change 29.6% 1.5% NELSON MANDELA, Never forgotten • page 7 Newspaper post JAMES DEBONO main the same as last month (26%). But outright opposition to the scheme has also dropped by four points, while those think the €650,000 passport acquisition should be accompanied by investment has increased by five points – a development that comes in the wake of talks between government and opposition on revising the scheme. An interesting finding from this month's survey is that only 36% think the government is fully honouring its meritocracy pledge. While 25% say Labour has disregarded its 'Malta Tagħna Lkoll' slogan, 27% say this pledge is being honoured only in part. PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD Environmental concerns rise by 6.9 points since June in MaltaToday's latest survey and yesterday, dozens of protestors held the first national protest in favour of the environment since Labour's election, in Valletta – also in attendance were Opposition MPs making a stand