Banharn supported in his leading role for political reform: survey
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The public supports former prime minister Banharn Silapa-archa in playing the leading role in pushing for political reform, an opinion survey has found.
Suan Dusit pollster found that Banharn, Chat Thai Pattana Party chief adviser, had the support of 37.12 per cent of the respondents to lead the reform efforts.
The survey was conducted during October 9-11 among 1,169 respondents.
It found that most respondents agreed with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s decision to assign Banharn the leading role in the government-initiated political reforms.
Some 37.12 per cent of the respondents said that Banharn was a political expert while 29.95 per cent said the person in charge of political reforms should be a non-partisan person who is not a political party member.
Most respondents said the reforms should start with development of people’s awareness about democracy. When asked if the political reforms would lead to better politics, 55.69 per cent believe they would while 10.78 disagreed.
