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Less than half of Indonesians satisfied with Jokowi: Survey

JAKARTA — A survey released yesterday (Oct 8) suggests that President Joko Widodo’s and Vice President Jusuf Kalla’s approval ratings have slipped by 11.5 per cent in the last six months, in large part due to Indonesia’s rising food prices and slowing economic growth.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo inspects the aftermath of a recent forest fire during a visit in Banjarbaru, near Banjarmasin, south Kalimantan province, Indonesia September 23, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Photo: Reuters

Indonesian President Joko Widodo inspects the aftermath of a recent forest fire during a visit in Banjarbaru, near Banjarmasin, south Kalimantan province, Indonesia September 23, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Photo: Reuters

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JAKARTA — A survey released yesterday (Oct 8) suggests that President Joko Widodo’s and Vice President Jusuf Kalla’s approval ratings have slipped by 11.5 per cent in the last six months, in large part due to Indonesia’s rising food prices and slowing economic growth.

Indo Barometer interviewed 1,200 respondents in 34 provinces between Sep 14 and 22 and its results revealed that the public satisfaction rate has slipped since the poll company conducted a similar survey in March.

“Compared to [Joko’s] public satisfaction level six months ago, their satisfaction level towards the president has dropped by 11.5 percent, from 57.5 per cent [six months ago] to 46 per cent [at present],” the executive director of the research firm, Mr Muhammad Qodari, said yesterday, while also adding that the level of public dissatisfaction has now reached 51.1 percent.

According to previous results issued by the polling company, 75 per cent were satisfied with the president’s performance when he was first elected into office.

The public satisfaction level towards the vice president’s performance has also decreased, from 53.3 per cent six months ago to 42.1 per cent currently.

The survey group said that there are four main factors that contribute to the lowered public satisfaction ratings: The increasing food prices at 17.3 per cent, the slowdown in Indonesia’s economy at 13.3 per cent, the weakening of the rupiah at 7.4 per cent and higher fuel prices at 4.3 per cent.

Just over 4 per cent of respondents said that the duo had not fulfilled the campaign promises made to the voters last year.

Meanwhile, 53.6 per cent of the other respondents cited other factors as the reason for their dissatisfaction. JAKARTA GLOBE

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