Labour and Nationalists tied as voters choose abstention
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The latest MaltaToday survey suggests the two main parties are now in a virtual draw, though not because of a sudden surge in opposition popularity. Instead, the governing Labour Party continues to lose support to the sofa; voter abstention has grown enough to erase what was once a comfortable lead.
The opposition is currently focusing its energy on the criminal code. Justice spokesperson Joe Giglio argues that specifically criminalizing mafia association would deter people from joining organized crime groups, while the NGO Repubblika continues to demand accountability for the historic smear campaigns directed at the late Daphne Caruana Galizia.
A series of rescue operations ended with mixed results: one man died and a woman was injured during an incident in Żurrieq, while another woman was taken to hospital after being pulled from the water at Imġiebaħ Bay. In Floriana, a man appeared in court charged with biting a victim’s ear during a theft.