Poll # 181: (49.9 %) would Vote for Mahmoud Abbas, (29.0 %) for Khaled Mish’al
Poll # 181 Dr. Kukali: “The people need a government that can help them to tackle their problems, not a government that expects from its people to solve its problems”. The most important results are:
Beit Sahour – Public Relations Office: The most recent poll prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (www.pcpo.org) during the period from January 22 till February 4, 2012, covered a random sample of (1151) Palestinian respondents representing the various demographic specimens of adult Palestinians (18 years and above) living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. It revealed that (64.7 %) of the Palestinian public oppose the recent financial policy of Salam Fayyad government and demand its revocation. Dr. Nabil Kukali, President of the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, said in a statement that the next government is required not only to suspend working with the recent financial policy, but has to revoke it. Increasing the tax load, transferring more employees to retirement, reducing the public expenses, cancelling certain governmental departments and imposing more fees,fines and procedures on the licensing of different investment projects will certainly impair in a direct way the living and financial situation of the Palestinian citizen and would debilitate the desire for investing in the country, Dr. Kukali said. This, by its turn, would lead to a further deterioration of the economic situation and would have a negative impact on the outcome of the coming elections, because the people need a government that can help them to tackle their problems, not a government that expects from its people to solve its problems, he added. Furthermore, in his statement Dr. Kukali mentioned that the Palestinian people view in fact the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ as the ‘Palestinian fall’, because it negatively impacts the Palestinian issue. Instead of caring more about the future of the Palestinians, the Arab regimes and their people are now concerned more than ever about their own internal situation and their domestic economic and security problems. In addition, Dr. Kukali pointed out that, notwithstanding the rise of Hamas popularity compared with previous polls, President Mahmoud Abbas still enjoys the respect, appreciation and support of the Palestinian people. Dr. Kukali further said that the majority of the Palestinian people still support the resumption of the peace negotiations with Israel. As indication thereto, the majority were in favor of the resumption of the exploratory talks held in Amman under Jordanian custody between the Palestinian and the Israeli negotiators. Dr. Kukali concluded his statement saying that he is observing a declination in the rate of al-Jazeera viewers to the advantage of other TV-channels. This declination could be attributed to the growing feelings of the Palestinian citizen that al-Jazeera is no more a distinguished TV-channel, but has become an ordinary Arab TV-channel as many others, that lost their credibility and professionalism in broadcasting news and events. To View the Full Result as PDF (100 KB)
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