AMMAN — An opinion poll conducted by the Center for Strategic Studies at the
University of Jordan showed that 64 percent of Jordanians do not trust the
government of Bisher Al-Khasawneh, a year and a half after its formation, local
media outlets reported on Wednesday.
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The poll also
showed that 36 percent of Jordanians trust the government, compared to 33
percent who said they trusted it in an October 2021 poll. On the other hand, 40
percent of the opinion leaders sampled said they trust the government, compare
to 44 percent who said they trusted it in October.
According to the
poll, more than half of Jordanians, 54 percent, have monitored the government’s
work since it was formed, compared to 95 percent in the opinion leaders sample.
A third of
Jordanians, 36 percent, believe that the government carried out its
responsibilities, while among the opinion leaders sampled, 39 percent agree
that the government carried out its responsibilities. A staggering 64 percent
of Jordanians believe that the government did not carry out its
responsibilities properly.
28%
are optimistic about the government a year and a half after its formation
Jordanians trust
Khasawneh’s ability to assume his responsibilities more than they trust the
ministerial team, with 36 percent of the national sample and 41 percent of the
opinion leaders sample saying they trust the PM’s ability to carry out his
duties, while 32 percent of Jordanians and 37 percent of opinion leaders trust
the ability of the ministerial team.
During the
period in which the poll was implemented, more than half of Jordanians, at 62
percent, and less than half of the opinion leaders’ sample, at 47 percent, saw
the need for a reshuffle in the ministerial team of the Khasawneh government.
Also, only 28
percent are optimistic about the government a year and a half after its
formation, and about a third of the opinion leaders’ sample are optimistic
about the government a year and a half after its formation. 72 percent said
they are not optimistic about the government after a year and a half since its
formation.
Meanwhile, a
majority of Jordanians believe that the government has succeeded in supporting
the Palestinian cause, at 63 percent, and supporting the Jordanian Armed
Forces, at 61 percent. Only 42 percent believe that the government has
succeeded in improving the health system and increasing the number of those
covered by it, developing the health center system, at 48 percent, and
enhancing the rule of law, at 49 percent, and only 9 percent believe that the
government has succeeded in providing job opportunities.
This poll was carried
out between 27 March and 2 April. The size of the national sample was 1264
people over the age of 18 years, with 50 percent males and 50 percent females,
randomly selected from 158 sites covering all of the Kingdom. The sample size
of opinion leaders was 320 respondents. The margin of error in the national
sample was 2.5 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent.
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