Monday, September 10, 2007

"Fall 2007" opinion poll

Another opinion poll from 24.kg. Number of repondents- 503. I thought it was rather interesting to know.

1. How do you think fall-2007 will look in Kyrgyzstan?

51.2%- soon president and the cabinet will have serious problems. Seems like it already started with the inflation crisis.
6.39%- Kyrgyzstan will have an economic crisis
5.18%- there will be next row of scandalous dismissals and exposures
2.59%- opposition will be strong enough to hold rallies
1.38%- wait for new political season and "drastic reforms in all spheres of life"
3.35%- "I will be out of Kyrgyzstan in fall"
0.99%- new constitution will be accepted and all will be well

2. Can opposition organize new protest rallies this fall?

51.16- yes, if President will not stick to its promises
5.58- rallies of those opposed to President Bakiev are irreversible
4.19- rallies of those opposed to President Bakiev are irreversible, if opposition can resolve internal problems
6.28- depends on if opposition will have a new leader
1.63- new opposition will be rallying
27,67- fall will be calm (20,46 of this think that opposition don' have any support among people)
3,49- could not answer to this question

3. If opposition will be able to hold rallies, what will be the demands?

37.44- removal of the President
30.94- "allow them to come to power"
17.49- constitutional reforms
5.44- fight corruption and clanism
2.67- nothing to demand, everything is being done
5.44- could not reply

4. Will new draft of Constitution be accepted this fall?
34.12- most likely "yes"
3.45- maybe not this fall, but they will accept it
32.28- no (12.66 out of them think they will use various excuses)
18.4- "how many times will we change it?!" rhetorically questioned of the repondents
8.36- don't care about the problem of Constitution
2.89- could not answer the question

5. How do you think Constitution of Kyrgyzstan should be accepted?

37.47- ratified by parliament first, and then referendum
28.2- only referendum
16.55- parliament ratification only
13.35- don't care about the destiny of our constitution
4.43- had a hard time answering this question

All respondents are 24.kg readers and you can see the original version for yourself (in Russian) here.

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