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Majority wants an election now
Labour party is now 13 percentage points ahead of the PN
5 February 2012, 12:00am
James Debono
James Debono
3 min read
A relative majority of voters (46%) would like to see a general election to be called immediately following last week's no-confidence vote in parliament according to a MaltaToday survey.
Only a third of respondents are opposed to holding an election now but one fifth of are not sure whether an election should be held now or not.
This emerges from the latest MaltaToday survey held between Monday and Thursday which included a 700-respondent sample.
The Labour party (PL) is now 13 percentage points ahead of the PN and is benefiting from a significant nine-point swing from the Nationalist Party.
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has seen his trust rating plummeting by seven while the PL has widened its lead over the PN by four points since the last survey held before the debate on the no confidence motion presented by the opposition.
Between June 2011 and January Lawrence Gonzi had seen his trust rating improve by a staggering 11 points from just 24% to 35%. But in the past two weeks the PN's leader's support has fallen to 28%.
Despite losing ground, Gonzi remains the most trusted leader among respondents with a post secondary education.
For which party will you vote for if a general election is held now?
% Difference since mid January
PN 21.8 -3.7
PL 34.7 0.2
AD 1.4 0.1
Not Voting 6.9 -1.6
No Reply 35.2 5
James Debono is MaltaToday's chief reporter on environment, planning and land use issues, ...
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As if Gonzi and his 'web of evil' give a damn about what the majority of the citizens want !! All they care is to ensure that they do not leave the very lucrative job of being Ministers in order to keep fleecing us as long as possible. History will not be kind to this lot, nor to Laurence Gonzi who is turning out to be a dictatorial character, a weak personality ( no contradiction there, because most dictators were so because of the evil group they had propping them up - just like Franco Debono's evil web.) They are bringing the country to its knees, kicking democracy in the teeth ,
, while the parasites enact the farce of confirming Gonzi to the Gonzipn status which we are all becoming to loath and dislike. Carnival time is here!
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Would anyone one in his right senses divulge over the phone for which party he or she will be voting?
I take it that 57% are rabid party followers and the 35% are the people who are in their right senses.
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This is the divorce debate all over again. The will of the people is clear - but Gonzi has no intention of following the will of the people. He promised GonziPN and that is what he is delivering - his way, like it or not.
