Govt lauded for income policies, but slammed on corruption: Poll
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The government's policy to raise the salary of civil servants with bachelor degrees to Bt15,000 and minimum wage to Bt300 was hailed as the best policy of the Yingluck government, according to a poll.
Suan Dusit Poll, conducted during July 9-13 and covering 1,449 respondents, showed that the income policy won the highest approval rating, at 38.14 per cent.
Following are the drug supression policy, 19.49 per cent; the rice-pledging policy, 16.95 per cent; the first-car buyer scheme, 15.25 per cent; and the high-speed train project, 10.17 per cent.
Yet, asked to rank five factors that pulled down the government's popularity, nearly half, 47.13 per cent, pinned the rice-pledging scheme on the top. The others are corruption in government projects, 14.56 per cent; higher cost of living, 13.79 per cent; policies concerning insurgence in the South, 12.64 per cent; and the Bt2 trillion infrastructure investment which would boost the public debt, 11.88 per cent.
On politics, political conflicts worry them the most, 35.63 per cent; followed by corruption (31.49 per cent), Charter amendments (13.81 per cent), a possible coup (12.15 per cent) and frequent political changes (6.92 per cent).
