The Daily Star-nielsen opinion poll Govt still rides high on popular support Respondents praise law and order improvement, lament inflation
However, the massive mandate with which the government came to power a year ago looks eroded to some extent, a Daily Star-Nielsen opinion poll reveals. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina scored impressively high in approval rating outshining the popularity of her government. Khaleda Zia as the opposition leader scored a much lower rating than her archrival Hasina. The survey found an unusually high percentage of the people who did not know about any success or failure of the government. This testifies to a general failure of both the government and opposition to communicate with the people. The survey was conducted between December 17 and 25 last year among 3,050 respondents, all above 18 years of age. They were interviewed at 180 spots covering 44 districts using probability random sampling. The survey was conducted during the last part of the 12th month of the current government. It was found that the people think the political culture has seen a positive change over the year and confrontational politics will not return. But the survey found that the people are unhappy about rising commodity prices, although they acknowledge that the government took steps to curb the trend. They also think there is room for improvement regarding the economy. The survey found people to be mostly critical of the role of opposition parties and mostly in disagreement with the opposition's decision to boycott the parliament. http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=120993 |
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