The person who led and organised the survey for Charles Mercieca on behalf of Yorgen Fenech was Vince Marmara. Vince Marmara is one of Labour’s favourite academics and is used profusely by public institutions. He also conducts surveys for the Labour Party. He is photographed here with the Rector of the University of Malta. He was revealed today by Jason Azzopardi, who provided the press with all the details.
The Maltese Herald first reported that Charles Mercieca organised a survey aimed at contacting members of the jury before the trial started. Some members of the jury have been contacted, along with a more extensive list of potential jurors.
The Attorney General can only file an appeal of Yorgen Fenech’s verdict on points of law, and this is just one of the various irregularities alleged to have occurred during the trial, along with accusations that witnesses such as Johann Remona were bribed by Yorgen Fenech.
Another irregular instance, also mentioned today by Jason Azzopardi, is that a juror seemed convinced that Yorgen Fenech was to be freed before the trial even started.
The Attorney General can only appeal the verdict on points of law and cannot appeal the verdict itself. The chances of contesting for a mistrial are increasing as we learn more about the irregularities carried out by Charles Mercieca and the defence team — many of which have been left unchecked by the Judge.
The full post by Jason Azzopardi about the details of the survey is copied below. Jason Azzopardi is serving as a lawyer for the family of Daphne Caruana Galizia in the trials related to her murder.
Illum harget l-istorja li qed tixxukja lin-nies dwar “survey” taparsi li sar qabel il-guri.
Sal-llum hassejtni merbut b’dak li gara wara l-bibien maghluqin tal-awla ghax ridt nobbdi l-ordni tal-Imhallef.
Illum m’ghadniex hekk marbut ghax ghadda kollox (ghalissa), u ha nghid l-affarijiet li graw galadarba kont involut jien biex inkixfu.
Il-fatti huma dawn:-
Fl-4 ta’ Gunju 2026 ghal habta tat-3pm (kien il-Hamis) jien ircevejt telefonata. Dan ir-ragel identifika ruhu u staqsieni jekk hux isir survey dwar il-guri ta’ Yorgen Fenech (issa tinsewx li kien hemm ordni tal-Imhallef li d-data tal-1 ta’ Lulju ma tkunx maghrufa qabel ma jibda l-guri).
Staqsejtu x’survey hu. Ghall-ewwel ma hadtux bis-serjeta imma meta qalli x’kienu l-mistoqsijiet, ksaht. Niftakar fejn kont ezatt dakilhin.
Qalli li l-mistoqsijiet kienu hekk: lil min ivvutajt fl-ahhar elezzjoni, x’tahseb fuq il-Qorti, jekk taqbilx li min jisraq somma kbira u jirritornaha u jghidlek sorry, tistax terga’ tafdah, x’jahseb fuq Yorgen Fenech, jekk jaqbilx li Yorgen Fenech jinghata l-Mahfra Presidenzjali, x’jahseb fuq Melvin Theuma, jekk jemminx li hemm politici involuti fil-kaz, jekk dak li jaf fuq il-kaz jafux mill-media miktuba jew social media, x’jahseb fuq Daphne Caruana Galizia, jekk jaqbilx ma’ dak li kienet tikteb, u xi domandi ohra li bhalissa ma nistax niftakar imma li kienu dwar il-guri.
Staqsejtu minn fejn kienu cemplu u qalli kienu cemplulu minn Malta Surveys, u n-numru kien 20957705 u tani l-hin ezatt ghax kien zammu (kien xi 20 minuta qabel ma cempilli). Ghidltu li kont ha ninforma lill-Imhallef u weghedtu li hadd qatt m’hu ha jkun jaf x’jismu. Instema’ imbezza’ u qalli li s-suspett tieghu kien li din kienet gejja minn Yorgen Fenech, u talabni bil-hniena biex ismu ma jkunx maghruf u hliftlu li hadd m’hu ha jkun jaf.
Irringrazzjajtu. Fl-4-10pm jien ktibt email lid-Deputata Registratur tal-Imhallef u ghidtilha li l-ghada (il-Gimgha) meta allura kelna seduta skedata bil-bibien maghluqin biex il-partijiet jaqblu fuq il-logistika tal-guri, jien ridtha tkun taf li jien ridt nixhed bil-gurament u ninforma lill-Imhallef b’certu affarijiet ta’ urgenza. Wegbitni mill-ewwel u qaltli ok.
Il-Gimgha, 5 ta’ Gunju fil-bidu tas-seduta (konna fl-awla 14) l-Imhallef stiednitni nitla’ fuq il-pedana tax-xhieda. L-avukat difensur oggezzjona ghax ma kien sar ebda rikors fejn jien tlabt li nixhed, imma l-Imhallef qaltlu li la jien tlabt li nixhed fuq xi haga li hija ma kienetx taf x’inhi, hija kienet ha tismaghni. L-oggezzjonijiet komplew u jien xorta wahda bdejt miexi lejn il-pedana.
Inghatajt il-gurament. Ghidtilha dak kollu li ghadni kemm ktibt hawn fuq. Deheret ixxukjata u/jew mahsuda. Beda l-kontro ezami mill-avukat difensur.
Qalli biex nghid min kien cempilli, u irrifjutajt ghal iktar minn darbtejn. L-Imhallef staqsietni ghala, u ghidtilha li tajt il-kelma tieghi lil dan ir-ragel li kien imbezza’ minn Yorgen Fenech. U zammejt kelmti.
Imbaghad l-avukat difensur staqsieni hekk: “inti x’garanzija ghandek li dawn id-domandi ma sarux mill-parte civile?” Wegibtu hekk: “kieku m’ahniex hawn gew inwiegbek bil-Malti safi kif naf, imma la qeghdin hawn gew nghidlek b’rispett tal-Imhallef, “tell it to the Marines”.” (Ara trid tkun bla ruh u bla kuxjenza biex taghmilli dik l-implikazzjoni meta kont taf li kont int, imma sa dakilhin ovvjament jien ma kontx naf)
Inzilt mill-pedana tax-xhieda u l-Prosekutur u jien ghamilna talba ghall-investigazzjoni urgenti. Infurmajtha li jien kont ghamilt hafna ricerka bil-lejl u skoprejt li Malta Surveys hija kumpanija proprjeta ta’ Dr Silvio Debono (tar-Rabat, ex MCAST) u kont gibt id-dettalji tieghu (indirizzi, mobile, ufficju ecc) u tajthom lid-Deputat Registratur dakilhin stess. L-Imhallef qaltli: “gejt ippreparat, Dr Azzopardi”. Ghidtilha: “biex nipprova inkunlek t’ghajnuna hux, Sinjura”
L-Imhallef ordnat lic-Chief biex igib dakilhin stess lil Dr Debono u lil AC Arnaud.
Waqafna ghal xi saghtejn u ingib Dr Debono, abjad karti. Dan ghadu ma jafx x’laqtu. Kien hassar appuntament mediku miskin. Taghtu l-gurament u staqsietu jekk kellux kumpanija ta’ surveys, x’jisimha ecc ecc.
Ikkonferma li kellu kumpanija jisimha Malta Surveys izda s-surveys jaghmluhom biss online u qatt ma kellhom x’jaqsmu ma’ dan il-kaz. Accertaha u deher vera dispjacut li xi hadd inqeda bl-isem tal-kumpanija tieghu u qalilha li kien ser ighid lill-Avukat tieghu biex jitlob lill-Kummissarju tal-Pulizija jiehu passi kontra min kien (sa dakilhin ma konniex nafu allura min kien)
Ghalhekk ingib quddiemha l-AC Arnaud u ordnatlu jiftah investigazzjoni immedjata u ordnat li jinghatalu l-audio file tax-xiehda li kont ghadni kemm tajt. Qalilha li filghodu kien gie infurmat mill-Prosekutur (li jien kont infurmajt filghodu b’dak li kont ser nixhed) u kienu diga bdew jinvestigaw u involvew anke forensic engineers etc etc. L-avukat difensur staqsih: x’qed jirrizultalkom mill-investigazzjoni? U Arnaud wiegeb ghal xi 6 darbiet: “Sinjura Imhallef, miniex komdu naghti dettalji tal-investigazzjoni quddiem il-persuna suspettata”.
Fi tmiem dik is-seduta l-avukat difensur qal lill-Imhallef li ma kien hemm xejn hazin fuq tali survey ghax ma kienx illegali.
L-Imhallef qaltlu ghal iktar minn darba: “Dr Mercieca, don’t go there, don’t go there”. Meta l-Imhallef bdiet tgholli lehinha, Dr Mercieca qalilha: “m’ghandekx ghalfejn tgholli lehnek mieghi, ma jfissirx li ghandek ragun b’daqshekk.” (Din il-frazi qalilha wkoll waqt il-guri. Mur gib lili jew lil shabi inkelmu Imhallef b’dak il-mod u ma jnizzluniex isfel dakilhin. Imma ghax kont ghidt fil-guri “il-vittma ma tistax titkellem” wehilt €50 disprezz. Such is life in Court, hux)
L-Imhallef tatna appuntament ghat-Tlieta ta’ wara fejn Arnaud kellu jaghtiha update. Jien filghaxija jew l-ghada ktibt FB post nistieden lil kulmin kien ircieva telefonati dwar survey fuq il-Qorti biex ikellimni, u gejt ikkuntatjat minn madwar 50 ruh kollha bl-istess mistoqsijiet u tlabt lil kull wiehed hin u numri minn fejn cemplu. Kull wahda minn dawn jien infurmajt bihom (hin ezatt u numri minn fejn cemplu, izda mhux l-isem) lid-Deputat tal-Imhallef, lil AC Arnaud u lill-AG.
Mela tasal is-seduta tat-Tlieta. Jixhed AC Arnaud. U nsiru nafu li t-telefonati kienu saru mill-kumpanija ta’ Dr Vincent Marmara!!
Ordnat li jingieb quddiemha u dan meta tela’ jixhed ikkonferma li kienet il-kumpanija tieghu li ghamlet tali survey u li giet ikkumissjonata minn Ray Fenech f’Marzu 2026 (u darbtejn qabel) imma li minhabba l-elezzjoni kellu jaghmilhom f’Mejju u Gunju.
L-Imhallef staqsietu: min tak il-mistoqsijiet? Marmara dar u ipponta lejn iz-zewg avukati difensuri u semmihom b’isimhom.
Tistghu timmaginaw ix-xokk fuq kulhadd. Dr Mercieca kien azzarda jimplika lill-familja tal-vittima f’survey taparsi META KIEN JAF LI KIEN HU u l-klijent tieghu.
Eh bihaqq, insejt haga. Kumbinazzjoni l-maggoranza tal-ismijiet ta’ dawk li ircevew telefonata minn Marmara kienu fuq il-lista tal-gurati ghas-sena 2026 (li tkun ippubblikata f’Novembru 2025 fil-Government Gazzetta).
Il-Qorti ma hadet ebda provvediment kontra hadd, minkejja li qabdet ufficjali taghha jigdbulha f’wiccha. Izda ordnat li t-telefonati jieqfu. Tliet gimghat qabel ma beda l-guri.
Kieku Jason Azzopardi ma kellux il-guts li jixhed u jinforma lill-Imhallef fil-5 ta’ Gunju, min kien ser ighidilha?
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