Only 16% think government is fighting corruption

Main Findings:

36% think that corruption is very widespread in local councils up from 15%   3 years ago.

Only 16% think government is fighting corruption at every level, 20% think government is fighting corruption at local level

41% of PN voters in 2008 think that government is fighting corruption at local level but only 31% think it is doing the same at national level.

Interviewed a week before Lawrence Gonzi’s Independence Day announcement that he intends to toughen anti-corruption laws and two weeks before the whistle blower legislation act was announced, only 16% of respondents in a MaltaToday survey thought that the government is fighting corruption on all levels. 

A slightly higher percentage (20%) believe that the government is fighting corruption in local councils. 

See full results of survey in Sunday's edition of MaltaToday