Gerakan survey: Support for gov't policies on the slide
Pakatan Harapan's approval rating is declining, according to an in-house survey conducted by Gerakan.
Gerakan president Dominic Lau said the approval rating for Harapan's "major policies" was 27.6 percent in Q2, down from 31.7 percent in Q1...
Pakatan Harapan's approval rating is declining, according to an in-house survey conducted by Gerakan.
Gerakan president Dominic Lau said the approval rating for Harapan's "major policies" was 27.6 percent in Q2, down from 31.7 percent in Q1.
"Their performance has certainly failed. It is worse than the first quarter," said Lau, who released the party's survey report today.
Lau said that the survey team had asked 1,211 respondents to evaluate 185 policies.
He said respondents were supportive of the federal government's decision to replace Ronald Kiandee as Public Accounts Committee chair after the Beluran MP defected from Umno.
Respondents were also supportive of plans to lower the voting age and renegotiate the East Coast Rail Link deal.
As for the negatives, Lau cited the government's refusal to publicise the Council of Eminent Persons' report, the licence renewal for mining firm Lynas' rare earth processing plant, the maintenance of a 90 percent bumiputera quota for the matriculation programme, and the introduction of a new congestion charge.
"We are the only party to come out with quarterly reports to provide check and balances. We are serious about this," he said.
When contacted, Sedar Institute director and Gerakan Youth chief Ooi Zhi Yi, who led the study, said the survey involved a simple random sampling method covering all regions and involving 54 enumerators.
He said that the expected margin of error was three to four percent.
At the time of writing, Malaysiakini's request for a full report on the survey from Lau has yet to be fulfilled.
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