Despite the mounting conflict between the police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), a survey conducted by the Populi Center has found that the majority of people are satisfied with the governmentâs performance after President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kallaâs first 100 days in power
espite the mounting conflict between the police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), a survey conducted by the Populi Center has found that the majority of people are satisfied with the government's performance after President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla's first 100 days in power.
'Twenty seven percent of the public give a score of seven [out of ten] to the government's performance,' Populi Center's political analyst Nico Harjanto said on Saturday.
According to the survey, conducted in 34 provinces between Jan. 16 and 22 with a total of 1,200 respondents from various backgrounds, 17.1 percent of respondents gave the score of eight and 16.2 percent gave six as their satisfaction with the government's performance. Only 4.8 percent gave a score of 10 for the government's performance and 1.8 percent scored the government's performance at one.
The survey also found that 65 percent of the public were confident that the government would make Indonesia better and only 20 percent said the government would not make major changes.
'The people are still backing President Jokowi and hope that he will make major changes,' he said as quoted by tempo.co.
Many politicians, analysts and activists recently gave the thumbs-down to the government's performance, mainly because of the President's indecision in the police-KPK rift which has affected the national political stability.
The conflict arose after the KPK named police chief hopeful Comr. Budi Gunawan as a graft suspect, prompting the President to suspend his inauguration despite the House of Representatives' political endorsement. Jokowi declined to drop Budi's nomination or propose other names. Budi is believed to be supported by the President's coalition parties.
Nico said recently that the conflict, which has been mounting with 'the criminalization' of several KPK leaders, had a lot to do with the President's inability to say 'no' to his political benefactors.
The wider public, including the presidential fact-finding team and the Red- and-White opposition coalition, have urged the President to take a tough decision to bring a swift end to the damaging dispute.(rms)
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