More Support For Lagos In Chile
(CPOD) Oct. 14, 2003 – Approval for Ricardo Lagos in Chile is still rising, according to a poll by CERC. 55 per cent of respondents support the president, a three per cent increase since July.
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(CPOD) Oct. 14, 2003 – Approval for Ricardo Lagos in Chile is still rising, according to a poll by CERC. 55 per cent of respondents support the president, a three per cent increase since July.
Lagos appears to have left a corruption scandal behind. Fraud, bribery and tax evasion charges have been laid against more than 100 government officials over the past two years. The biggest problem occurred when an employee at the Central Bank sold classified information to business group Inverlink.
The president recently presented a proposal to deal with abuses committed during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. The plan increases economic compensation to relatives of victims, expedites pending judicial processes against suspected human rights violators and contemplates an admonition to differentiate the high-ranking officials who planned the repression from the lower-level soldiers who followed orders.
Polling Data
Do you support or oppose president Ricardo Lagos?
Sept. 2003 | Jul. 2003 | |
Support | 55% | 52% |
Oppose | 34% | 39% |
Source: CERC (Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Contempor¡nea)
Methodology: Interviews to 1,200 Chilean adults, conducted from Sept. 20 to Sept. 30, 2003. Margin of error is 2.34 per cent.
