June 24, 2008

Abstract: (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The vast majority of Peruvians remain disappointed with Alan García, according to a poll by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. 63 per cent of respondents disapprove of the president’s performance, unchanged since December.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The vast majority of Peruvians remain disappointed with Alan García, according to a poll by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. 63 per cent of respondents disapprove of the president’s performance, unchanged since December.

In June 2006, García—a member of the American Revolutionary People’s Alliance (APRA)—won Peru’s presidential election in a run-off against nationalist Ollanta Humala of the Union for Peru (UP). In July, García officially took over as president. He had previously served as Peru’s head of state from 1985 to 1990, when he oversaw a major economic crisis.

In late May, Peruvian finance minister Luis Carranza revealed that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could grow to as much as $6,000 U.S. per capita by 2011, and declared: "To understand the magnitude of this growth we must imagine what would happen if counting on our expenses, and with our consumption patterns, our salary were tripled in a short time period."

Polling Data

Do you approve or disapprove of Alan García’s performance as president?

	Jun. 2008	Dec. 2007	Jul. 2007
Approve	31%	29%	35%
Disapprove	63%	63%	59%

Source: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Methodology: Interviews with 1,208 Peruvian adults, conducted from Jun. 5 to Jun. 8, 2008. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.