Sukhumbhand fails to impress Bangkokians
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A recent survey showed that Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has failed to impress most residents since he took office three years ago.
According to Bangkok University’s Bangkok Poll, conducted from last Thursday to Monday, 60.8 per cent of respondents said they had yet to see Sukhumbhand do anything impressive.
The survey covered 1,117 Bangkok residents above the age of 18.
Sukhumbhand scored just 6.15 out of 10 for his overall performance as city governor. This was 2.1 per cent less than the score he earned six months ago.
However, the survey showed that his greatest strength is diligence, for which he scored 6.6 points out of 10. He earned the lowest score, just 5.78 points, for creativity.
As for whether they would vote for Sukhumbhand again, 43.8 per cent of the respondents said they were “not sure” while some 18.3 per cent were definitely against it.
However, 37.9 per cent said they would vote for Sukhumbhand if he sought a second term as Bangkok governor.
Of the respondents, 39.2 per cent said they were “impressed” by Sukhumbhand’s performance over the past three months, with his most outstanding achievement being his effort to fight floods and run the flood-relief operations.
Respondents, meanwhile, only gave 5.78 points for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s performance under the leadership of Sukhumbhand. BMA earned the highest score – 6.25 points – for its health services and the prevention of communicable diseases, and the lowest – 5.43 points – for traffic and transportation systems.
