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Evo Morales backed by 79%
of the population
LA PAZ,
FEBRUARY 26.—A poll published this Sunday by
a national daily indicates that the Bolivia’s
President Evo Morales is supported by 79% of the
population after one month in government, five
percent up on when he assumed the position January
22, according to an AFP dispatch.
The
poll included 1,011 individuals of both sexes
between 18 and 70 years old in the cities of La Paz,
Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, and was carried out in
the last week of February by the private polling
company Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado for the daily
publication La Razón.
Vice
President Alvaro García Linera enjoys 71% approval,
according to the poll.
A
significant number of the individuals consulted are
also confident in Morales’ ability to carry out the
election of a Constituent Assembly and a referendum
on regional autonomy on the projected date of next
July 2.
Both
issues are part of current debate on the political
and social agenda and are causing friction between
the government and the opposition and the private
business sector of Santa Cruz, the most developed
region of the country.
Despite
doubts raised over both democratic processes, a
resounding 87% of the combative city of El Alto,
neighboring La Paz, believe that Morales will
fulfill his promise to form a Constituent Assembly,
while 85% expect the autonomy referendum to go
ahead.
In La
Paz, center of Bolivian political power, Evo’s
support is also overwhelming, as is the case in
Santa Cruz.
In
addition, 66% think that Morales will last out his
mandate of five years in a country marked by
political instability that, for diverse reasons, has
gone through five governments in the last five
years. |
