What the Sunday papers say...

MaltaToday

A survey shows that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has widened the trust gap between himself and PN leader Simon Busuttil, from four points last months to seven points now. The survey also shows that Muscat has strengthened himself among core Labour voters – 92% of respondents who voted Labour in 2008 trust Muscat more than Busuttil, up from 86% last month.

Gozo minister Anton Refalo was involved in a traffic accident on 16 March, during which his private car had neither been insured not covered by a valid car license. The minister insisted that has insurance had been paid but that his insurance agency had failed to process the car license renewal with Transport Malta.

Police commissioner Michael Cassar will be calling it a day after he was advised

Illum

PN deputy leader Mario de Marco said that he will resign from his post if Simon Busuttil asks him to do so. He said that he has always believed that politicians should serve the country, and that he will resign if his leader feels that his presence has become a hindrance to that aim.

The Sunday Times of Malta

Police commissioner Michael Cassar will resign from his post due to ‘political pressure from above’. Sources said that Cassar believes he has been treated very unfairly – that he cannot do his job and is then criticised by the public for not doing it.

The Malta Independent on Sunday

Survey results show that Labour would win by approximately 10,000 votes if an election were to be held tomorrow – 25,000 fewer votes than it had won the 2013 election by.

It-Torca

State-owned fuel import company Enemed will invest around €15 million to upgrade the fuel storage facilities at the airport. 

Il-Mument

The Malta Secret Services, Castille and the home affairs ministry are concerned at allegations that three MSS officials were caught “spying” on PN supporters who had gathered outside the law courts to protest at a defamation case against MP Jason Azzopardi.

Kullhadd

Former minister Austin Gatt had tried and failed to attract Chinese telecommunications company Huawei to invest in Malta, despite having travelled to China to negotiate with the company.