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5 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 8 JUNE 2016 News Bonnici strong with 'youth' vote CONTINUES FROM PAGE 1 When it came to age groups, Cardona en- joyed the support of 43% on aver- age of the 18-40, 41-55, and 56-65 age groups. Bonnici on the other hand en- joys the support of 50% of the 66+ age group as well as 53% of the 18-40 age group. Zrinzo Azzopardi scored the least (6%) with the 18-40 group and was mainly popular with the 56-65 (46%) and 66+ delegates (35%). Both Cardona and Bonnici were also considered to be "good for the position", according to value statements they gave to their in- terviewer. Other positive attrib- utes for Bonnici included "young", "charismatic" and "calm"; while Cardona was seen as "a man of his word", "mature" and "loyal". Zrinzo Azzopardi was preferred for his non-ministerial role, ex- perience as PL president, and as a "man of the people". Overall, the 125 delegates polled displayed an inward- looking view of how they see the deputy leadership election: the top three aims for a new deputy leader were deemed to be strictly partisan related. 18.5% said the new deputy leader had to "redress injustices" – a reference related to claims of Labourite workers and businesses having suffered some form of injustice under for- mer Nationalist administrations; 14% said the new leader should "take care of Labourites"; and 13% said he should seek party unity and improve communica- tion with the local clubs; another 10% said they had to be "close to the people". Even when asked about their concerns, the delegates showed themselves to be unquestionably loyal not to point out anything adverse: 76% responded that they had no serious concerns about the state of the country. But 9.4% said they felt that "a negative Opposition" was the country's major issue, and 2.5% individually listed illegal immi- gration, traffic and the Panama Papers, as the issues they deemed most serious right now. 85% said they valued their qual- ity of life today as much better than it was in 2013, when the Na- tionalist Party was last in govern- ment, while 11.2% said they were worse off. mvella@mediatoday.com.mt What is the issue that is most worrying you right now in the country? Nothing Negative opposition Others Illegal immigration Traffic Panama Papers Work Environment Pensions Governance 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 76.07% 9.4% 3.42% 2.56% 2.56% 2.56% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% Who should be the new deputy party leader instead of Konrad Mizzi? Total 125 delegates Total 125 delegates No response 56% Owen Bonnici 17% Chris Cardona 15% Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 11% No response Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi Extrapolated Extrapolated Owen Bonnici 39.2% Chris Cardona 35.3% Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 25.5% Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi Delegates' support by sex and age By sex Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 35% 47% 29% 47% 35% 6% Male Female By age group Owen Bonnici 53.33% 44.44% 7.69% 50% What is the issue that is most worrying you right now in the country? Nothing Negative opposition Others Illegal immigration Traffic Panama Papers Work Environment Pensions Governance 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 76.07% 9.4% 3.42% 2.56% 2.56% 2.56% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% Who should be the new deputy party leader instead of Konrad Mizzi? Total 125 delegates Total 125 delegates No response 56% Owen Bonnici 17% Chris Cardona 15% Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 11% No response Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi Extrapolated Extrapolated Owen Bonnici 39.2% Chris Cardona 35.3% Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 25.5% Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi Delegates' support by sex and age By sex Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 35% 47% 29% 47% 35% 6% Male Female By age group Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 53.33% 44.44% 7.69% 50% 40% 44.44% 46.15% 14.29% 6.67% 11.11% Negative opposition Others Illegal immigration Traffic Panama Papers Work Environment Pensions Governance 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 9.4% 3.42% 2.56% 2.56% 2.56% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% Who should be the new deputy party leader instead of Konrad Mizzi? Total 125 delegates Total 125 delegates No response 56% Owen Bonnici 17% Chris Cardona 15% Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 11% No response Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi Extrapolated Extrapolated Owen Bonnici 39.2% Chris Cardona 35.3% Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 25.5% Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi Delegates' support by sex and age By sex Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 35% 47% 29% 47% 35% 6% Male Female By age group Owen Bonnici Chris Cardona Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 53.33% 44.44% 7.69% 50% 40% 44.44% 46.15% 14.29% 6.67% 11.11% 46.15% 35.71% 18-40 41-55 56-65 66+ Muscat: decisions on citizenship schemes should not be taken by politicians PRIME Minister Joseph Muscat insisted that technical experts, rather than politicians, should take decisions related to sale- of-citizenship schemes. Addressing the Investment Migration Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, Muscat said that it was on this basis that Malta's Individual Investment Pro- gramme (IIP) has proven suc- cessful. "Despite all the controver- sies that surround such pro- grammes, Malta's scheme re- mains the only one that has earned the European Commis- sion's seal of approval," he said. "Malta's citizenship by invest- ment scheme was the first of its kind in Europe and it has left a positive impact on the econo- my. Thanks to the scheme, we are managing to attract people who are willing to invest in the country."