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| All Island Opinion Poll shows clear Freedom Alliance victory An all island opinion poll conducted by "Infoserve", a private institute reveals that the United People's Freedom Alliance would score a clear victory at forthcoming general election. Their social, economic and political survey report has revealed as follows. * Total Number to be polled Alliance 59.7%, UNP 33.1%. * Leadership quality: Chandrika Kumaratunga 57.2%, Ranil Wickremesinghe 37.4%. * Leadership popularity; as far as leadership qualities are concerned Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is far ahead of her rival, the report further states. * In qualities of leadership, uprightness, impartiality and decision -making Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga 49% to 54% Ranil Wickremesinghe 39% to 48%. * Sense of responsibility: Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga 57%, Ranil Wickremesinghe 48%. * Safeguarding the country's image refraining from abuse of power, making sincere efforts to solve the national problem etc. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has reached between 56% to 57%. The Freedom Alliance has scored 53.2% as a party capable of fulfilling people's aspirations, leaving behind the UNP with 31.2%. A survey on 18 aspects such as development, provision of employment, reduction of cost of living, controlling bribery and corruption etc., reveals that the majority of the populace is not in favour of the UNP, a few examples: Development activities in favour 32%, not in favour 66%, provision of employment 17%, 82%. Curtailment of the cost of living, 15%, 83%, fertilizer price-reduction 13%, 87%, bribery and corruption 28% and 69%. 70% of the people claim the absence of war is not the genuine peace. Only 28% believes the absence of war as real peace. 74% opposed federalism whilst 25% supports it. 50% believes the UNP sponsored peace would not be in the interest of the country. Questioned whether the present peace move will collapse, 59% answered "yes", only 31% is optimistic. In the meantime, 50% are of opinion that the UNP-peace move would not suit the country. 52% states the UNP peace move would tend to divide the country, and 41% held the opposite view. 51% of the people is of opinion that the UNP lavishly granted all that the LTTE demanded, whilst 36% replied in the negative. Major problems to be faced by any future government would be the curtailment of cost of living and the solving the unemployment problem. It is stated that this survey covered 5,100 individuals of various walks of life. |
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