Moldpres News Agency: "Survey shows significant increase in people s credibility in state institutions
Dec. 8, 2009 / [9285]
Chisinau, 8 December /MOLDPRES/ - The credibility of Moldovan state institutions has significantly increased among the population, according to the Barometer of Public Opinion for November 2009 carried out by the Institute of Marketing and Surveys IMAS-INC Chisinau.
The survey showed that the government enjoys the credibility of 44 per cent of the respondents against 31 per cent in July 2009. The parliament comes next with 41 per cent compared with 30 per cent in July. One third of respondents described the government s work as very good and rather good.
If a parliamentary election were held, only four parties would have made it to the parliament: the Party of Communists with 26 per cent, the Democratic Party with 14.1 per cent, the Liberal Democratic Party with 12.9 per cent and the Liberal Party with 8.2 per cent. The Our Moldova Alliance would fail to cross the electoral threshold being favoured by 1.2 per cent of the respondents. As many as 30 per cent of the respondents said they had not decided what party to vote for.
The leader of the Democratic Party, Marian Lupu, is the politician enjoying the highest confidence, 51 per cent. Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party Vlad Filat comes next with 45 per cent and Communist leader and ex-President Vladimir Voronin enjoys the confidence of 39 per cent of the respondents. Chisinau mayor Dorin Chirtoaca has a popularity rating of 33 per cent and ex-Prime Minister and Communist MP Zinaida Greciani 31 per cent.
As concerns political parties, the Democratic Party was trusted by 40 per cent of respondents, the Liberal Democratic Party by 39 per cent and the Party of Communists by 39 per cent.
As many as 32 per cent of the respondents spoke against dissolving the parliament and believe that the constitution should be amended. Another 29 per cent disagreed with a snap election but noted that the law should be respected and only 17 per cent advocated a snap parliamentary election.
The survey was carried out among 1,118 people from 75 Moldovan settlements, with its margin of error being +/- 3 per cent."
