Bolivians Show Disappointment with Morales
- Fewer Bolivians are satisfied with Evo Morales, according to a poll by Apoyo, Opini³n y Mercado. 50 per cent of respondents approve of their president’s performance, down 11 points since August.
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(10/30/06) -
- Fewer Bolivians are satisfied with Evo Morales, according to a poll by Apoyo, Opini³n y Mercado. 50 per cent of respondents approve of their president’s performance, down 11 points since August.
Morales—an indigenous leader—won the December 2005 presidential election as the candidate for the Movement to Socialism (MAS), with 53.72 per cent of the vote. He officially took over as Bolivia’s head of state in January.
On Aug. 6, the National Constituent Assembly, tasked with re-writing Bolivia’s constitution, held its first session. The assembly can sit for one year, and its proposed body of law must be approved by two-thirds of the 255 lawmakers, and then ratified in a nationwide referendum.
On Oct. 26, Morales presented a proposal to allocate funds to students using the profits from the recent nationalization of Bolivia’s oil and gas industry, declaring, “We hope this will be helpful to our kids.” The plan seeks to provide incentives for the completion of the first five years of elementary school across the South American country.
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Evo Morales’ performance as president?
Oct. 2006 | Sept. 2006 | Aug. 2006 | |
Approve | 50% | 52% | 61% |
Disapprove | 41% | 38% | 33% |
No opinion | 9% | 10% | 9% |
Source: Apoyo, Opini³n y Mercado
Methodology: Interviews with 1,010 Bolivian adults in La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, conducted from Oct. 13 to Oct. 16, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.
