Institute chief hits back over PM ratings criticism

By The Nation

 

The Secretary-General of the King Prajadhipok's Institute on Friday made clear that the recently released PM approval ratings were a result of a study, not just a poll, and the institute had not tried to compare the leaders.

 

Wuttisan Tanchai’s comment came amid criticism that the ratings could not be compared, given the difference in times and situations.

Wuittisan defended the Institute, saying it had never made any comparison between the leaders.

 

It was a misunderstanding to think the Institute was trying to present the differences of popularity ratings between two prime ministers, he said.

 

In fact Wuittisan agreed it was impossible to compare the ratings and said that doing so would only cause more trouble to the country.

 

The academic also criticised the media and claimed it had distorted the information. The press should have been able to distinguish facts from opinion and reported impartially, he said.

 

Wuttisan also stressed the survey had not been a popularity poll.

 

It was a survey on people’s satisfaction with public agencies and services, he said. Such studies had been conducted continuously since 2002 on representative samples of 33,420 people from every province, using sophisticated methods.

 

The survey had been conducted by the Institute work in its role as an academic institution, Wuttisan said. It reflected public opinion and hopefully, would lead to improvements in the country, he added.

 

Regarding criticism by a former reformer that the study was causing more national division, Wuttisan said that it was up to each person how they viewed the study. To be scrupulously fair, though, they should read the study themselves, he said.

 

Wuttisan said he did not want to enter into the debate himself since he was not a reformer and he respected the right of free speech.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30326181

 

 

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8 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The Secretary-General of the King Prajadhipok's Institute on Friday made clear that the recently released PM approval ratings were a result of a study, not just a poll, and the institute had not tried to compare the leaders.

Why not ?  They should be compared.

12 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Wuttisan said he did not want to enter into the debate himself since he was not a reformer and he respected the right of free speech.

While his mom is already preparing somtam for him for the times when she has to go and visit him in prison after he was accused of sedition?

Edited September 9, 20178 yr by Lupatria

Now little Ban, what do you what to be when you grow up. 'A survey consultant, you get paid, no one really hates you, your work is buls**t, and I will get a pension.'