Corruption in Arroyo Gov’t is Severe – IBON
Survey
The number of Filipinos who think that
there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing,
according to recent IBON survey.
By IBON
Foundation
Posted by Bulatlat
The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the
Arroyo administration is increasing, according to the results of the third
quarter IBON nationwide survey.
IBON Executive Director Rosario Bella Guzman said, "This is due to
persistent questions of whether President Arroyo rigged the 2004 elections
and used public funds to do so."
Similarly, the administration's move of sending to exile abroad the
President’s husband, Miguel Arroyo, has not helped to remove the stain of
corruption from her administration. He has been accused of allegations of
influence-peddling and taking kickbacks from jueteng since Mrs. Arroyo
took office in January 2001.
"No amount of physical absence can make people forget corruption
allegations against the Arroyo administration," said Guzman. "People have
not put these behind them because these allegations have yet to be
resolved."
About 82.1 percent of the respondents believed that corruption in the
Arroyo government was "severe," a sharp rise from the 69.1 percent
recorded last quarter. Similarly, respondents who believed that corruption
in the government was "minimal" fell to 5.9 percent from 11.2 percent in
the previous quarter.
The IBON survey was conducted nationwide Sept. 26-Oct. 7 with 1,366
respondents. The margin of error is + or -3 percent.
Below is the tabulation of the results of the people's perception on
corruption in the Arroyo government.
Ibon survey: In your opinion, how
will you describe
the corruption in the Arroyo government? |
|
Sept. 2005 |
July 2005 |
March 2005 |
Severe |
82.06 |
69.11 |
79.85 |
Not that bad |
7.10 |
9.79 |
8.51 |
Minimal |
5.86 |
11.17 |
3.63 |
None |
0.51 |
1.45 |
0.33 |
Don’t know |
3.66 |
7.98 |
7.68 |
No Answer |
0.81 |
0.51 |
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The full
results of the 3rd quarter IBON Survey is available at
www.ibon.org.
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