Most people see political conflict continuing: survey
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Most Thais expect that the ongoing political conflicts will not end with the Constitutional Court's ruling on the charter amendment bill that sought to change the way senators are elected.
The survey carried out by Suan Dusit Pollster of Rajabhat Suan Dusit University found that 40.54 per cent of the respondents did not expect the conflicts to end because of the ruling.
The survey also found that 32.91 per cent of the respondents did not think the ruling would lead to political violence while 14.52 per cent said the ruling was expected and all sides should respect it.
The survey was held among 1,283 people nationwide from Wednesday to Friday.
According to the poll, 39.26 per cent had no feelings about the ruling because it could not solve political problems while 31.40 per cent were dissatisfied because the ruling failed to spell out penalties and 29.34 per cent were relieved that no violence had occurred.
The survey found that 48.35 per cent expected the political turmoil due to polarised politics to continue while 38.43 per cent thought the situation would get worse. The remainder felt it would improve.
