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Polls Show Government Enjoys Strong Popular Support


Wednesday September 20, 2006

A market research firm indicated on Thursday (15/9/06) that there is strong popular support for Indonesia’s present government, reports the Jakarta Post as quoted in Indonesia’s Trade and Investment News.

Roy Morgan Research found in its Good Governance Monitor that the Yudhoyono government scores high marks for trust, management, its anti-corruption campaign and its efforts to promote democracy.

The survey found that 60% of respondents believed the government had done a good job of running the country. The public has also grown comfortable with democracy. "Seventy-six percent agree with the statement that democracy is working in Indonesia
," the survey found. 

"Only 39% of respondents now agree with the statement, "I don't trust the current government," down from 41% at the end of 2005," the survey reported.

Debnath Guharoy, the Asian regional director for Roy Morgan Research, said that as the public recovered from the painful impact of twin fuel price hikes in 2005 it has once again thrown its weight behind the government. 

"Despite natural calamities in Indonesia 
and spiralling fuel prices across the globe, that's a creditable outcome," Guharoy said. 

Every 90 days Roy Morgan Research interviews more than 6,000 respondents aged 14 and older, randomly picked across Indonesia
's 16 provinces and covering more than 90% of the country's population. The pollster interviewed 6,233 people during the April-June quarter. It talks to more than 25,000 respondents annually. 

Earlier, in a survey conducted by the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) from 23 – 27 April this year, found that only 37.9% of those polled were satisfied with President Yudhoyono’s government.