Few takers for PM’s four questions: poll

[rooster59]

Few takers for PM’s four questions: poll

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

MOST people surveyed last week said that they would not be responding to the four questions recently posed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha regarding elections and future governance.

 

Almost 85 per cent of the respondents in a survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll said they did not plan to answer the questions, according to the results released yesterday.

 

The majority of the respondents reasoned that they were too busy caught up in their work, and could not take time to travel to the government complaint centres where feedback from the public is being collected.

 

The survey was conducted on 1,206 people from June 12 to 16.

 

Meanwhile, most people who gave their answers at the complaint centre inside the Government House compound said they did not think the next election would bring in a government with good governance, Prime Minister’s Office deputy permanent secretary Sompas Nilapund disclosed yesterday.

 

They wanted General Prayut to remain in office and complete national reforms before a new election is held, Sompas said. However, he added that the finding was based on opinions from 87 people who gave their answers between last Monday and Wednesday.

 

The government started accepting answers from the public last Monday. 

 

As of last Friday, a total of 88,390 people had given their responses at the Damrong Tham government complaint centres all over the country, according to the Interior Ministry, which is collecting the feedback to be submitted to the PM.

 

Khon Kaen saw the highest number of respondents during the first five days, with 9,582, followed by Sakon Nakhon (5,676) and Ubon Ratchathani (3,213) – all of them provinces in the Northeast of the country.

 

Samut Sakhon saw the lowest number of respondents, with only 43, followed by Nakhon Nayok (107), and Ang Thong (119) – all of them in the Central region.

 

Results of the Suan Dusit Poll released yesterday showed that 15.92 per cent said they would respond to the questions because they wanted to take part in sharing opinions that would be helpful to the country as well as cooperate with the government.

 

Responding to the first question on whether the next election would bring a government with good governance, 54.73 per cent said “no” while 45.27 per cent said “yes”.

 

To the question “If not, how to proceed?” 64.68 per cent said it should be dealt with by the political mechanism or they should wait until the next election.

 

Some 62 per cent said everything should follow the Constitution and rely on strict checks and balances system while 37.20 per cent wanted the voice of the majority to be respected.

 

To the third question that posed if it was right to rely on election as part of a democratic regime without considering the future of the country, nearly 56 per cent said it was right while some 44 per cent said no.

 

To the last question asking what should be done if bad politicians caused more trouble after an election, almost three-quarters of the respondents said they should not be allowed in the next election. Some 41 per cent said they should not be allowed, but if they were, they should be dealt with by the law and justice system; 27.34 per cent said they should be given a second chance as they might have improved.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30318378

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-06-18

[canuckamuck]

Even with the leading and nearly rhetorical questions the results are still a mixed bag.

 

This part of the article confuses me.

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They wanted General Prayut to remain in office and complete national reforms before a new election is held, Sompas said. However, he added that the finding was based on opinions from 87 people who gave their answers between last Monday and Wednesday.

If the poll was done on 1200 people why is this result from 87 people coming across as definitive? 

 

[Enoon]

1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

Even with the leading and nearly rhetorical questions the results are still a mixed bag.

 

This part of the article confuses me.

If the poll was done on 1200 people why is this result from 87 people coming across as definitive? 

 

 

1200 people polled to see if they intended  to go to any complaint centre and answer the questions.

 

The 87 were a sample of people who actually had gone to the Government House complaint centre and answered the questions.

 

 

Edited June 17, 2017 by Enoon

[BigBadGeordie]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

 

They wanted General Prayut to remain in office and complete national reforms before a new election is held, Sompas said

Thats it, NO election needed, the people have spoken, all 87 of them.

 

There are however two far more important numbers to consider 1(General) and 44 (Section).

 

As I said the decision has been made.

[mikebell]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The majority of the respondents reasoned that they were too busy caught up in their work,

Is the job done by Makro shop-lifting checkers classed as work?  Does this win the prize for the most unproductive job in Thailand?

[SABloke]

They wanted General Prayut to remain in office and complete national reforms before a new election is held, Sompas said.

Since, "Do you want Prayuth to remain?" was not one of the four question, it seems Sompas is telling porkies.

[coulson]

 
This part of the article confuses me.

They wanted General Prayut to remain in office and complete national reforms before a new election is held, Sompas said. However, he added that the finding was based on opinions from 87 people who gave their answers between last Monday and Wednesday.

If the poll was done on 1200 people why is this result from 87 people coming across as definitive? 
 


I believe from the original report last week that a certain number of initial opinions were obtained through interview in Bangkok, which may have amounted to the 87.

I look forward to seeing how the views of 0.1% of the population will be spinned as the new dawn of democracy.

[Juan B Tong]

Should have put the survey on his Facebook page for maximum positive results and possibly here for less positive results.  He does have more Facebook likes than Jesus you know.

[Srikcir]

8 hours ago, rooster59 said:

As of last Friday, a total of 88,390 people had given their responses

That's amazing!

The Interior Ministry gave an update on public responses to the premier’s questions since June 12th as around 68,000 people with the Northeast having the highest number of people responding, with around 7,400 replying.

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/988208-over-68000-people-respond-to-pm’s-questions/

Now a week later another 20,000 people have been added. Clearly by the subject survey a large majority are uninterested in responding. Are the same people then responding over and over, the military forcing its troops to respond or is the IM just giving Prayut numbers he wants to hear?

[timendres]

Looking at the details of the poll results, it really looks like the Thai people want to have a an elected government. They want the government to follow the constitution. They want that constitution to have checks and balances. And they want those who do not play by the rules to be banned from running for re-election. It sounds like they have a good grasp of democracy, and wish to give democracy a chance to function.

[Bluespunk]

14 hours ago, rooster59 said:

To the last question asking what should be done if bad politicians caused more trouble after an election, almost three-quarters of the respondents said they should not be allowed in the next election. Some 41 per cent said they should not be allowed, but if they were, they should be dealt with by the law and justice system; 27.34 per cent said they should be given a second chance as they might have improved.

Yep, they'll make sure they're not caught next time.

[YetAnother]

largely irrelevant, we live in a Military Dictatorship; let that sink in for a moment