Confidence sinks further
Public confidence in the country's politics plunged last month to its lowest level in 13 months, but confidence in unity improved, a Suan Dusit Poll released yesterday suggested.
Sukhum Chaloeysup, director of Suan Dusit Rajabhat University's Suan Dusit Poll, said public confidence in politics in April had fallen to 90.84 points, down 2.08 points from March and down 11.81 points from last April.Confidence in 21 of 25 areas had decreased, while prospects for national unity had increased by 3.09 points - largely attributed to His Majesty the King's speech on April 25, Sukhum said. The slide in confidence in national unity had been decreasing since January, he said. Indexes that recorded increased confidence included information from the media, and general security with regard to life and property, he said. Two particular areas of concern - with confidence at less than 80 per cent - were product prices and the behaviour of politicians, he said. The country's condition in general rated at 84.9 points, he said. However, three of 25 areas recording scores of more than 100 were public information (from the media) at 103.78, the fight against drugs at 100.52 points and the performance of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at 100.25 points. The survey was conducted from April 20-30, with 7,591 respondents from all walks of life and all regions of the Kingdom, Sukhum said. Chonlawit Jianjit, a social science lecturer at Srinakharinwirot University's Prasarnmitr campus, said the performance of the opposition Democrat Party leader had not won the hearts of the people because it was generally unclear where he stood. The Nation
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