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Analysis by The Malaysian Insider

Yes, his approval rating is up. Yes, the majority of Malaysians have confidence in his handling of the economy. Yes, nearly 50 per cent of Malaysians believe that he makes a better prime minister than Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

But before Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his comrades in Umno/Barisan Nasional start believing that the ruling coalition is back in the groove, and that Malaysians are once again firm believers in BN, they should pause and study some of the nuggets of information thrown up by the survey on 100 days of the Najib administration.

Malaysians are at best ambivalent whether the country’s sixth PM will be able to bring about reforms needed by the country. They also have not seen much evidence that institutions like the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the judiciary will bloom under his leadership.

The poll of 1,060 registered voters in Peninsular Malaysia by Merdeka Center was carried out between June 19 and July 1. It shows that 65 per cent of those polled are satisfied with Najib’s performance since he became prime minister on April 3.

When the polling institute conducted a survey in mid-May, Najib only obtained an approval rating of 46 per cent. A significant segment of the respondents then were undecided, unwilling to give their stamp of approval until some of the flowery rhetoric which all new Malaysian leaders spout was matched with deeds and disturbed by the baggage which accompanied him into office.

In the recent survey, the percentage of undecided has dropped to 13 per cent. What this means is that some fence-sitters have decided to support Najib, persuaded perhaps by his firmer leadership and efforts to dismantle some affirmative action economic programmes.

And turned off by the seemingly endless disagreements and bickering among Pakatan Rakyat partners.

But the support for the Najib administration is not without qualifiers.

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written by jayenjr, July 08, 2009 17:56:45

Approval rating up just cos our fren announced made up better-late-than-never type of announcements?

Hallo Jibby, what about these other, far more, important matters?

1. Re-habilitate the Police & replace the P.I.G
2. Re-habilitate the MACC, EC & the Judiciary
3. Face an independent inquiry re: Altantuya & Scorpene commissions
4. Face the ppl of Perak in an election
5. Act agst Awang Selamat & Perkasa
6. Release all ISA detainees & abolish the dastardly Act
7. Call for open tender system on public procurement
8. Bring to justice those responsible for the VK Lingam & PKFZ fiasco

See, I don't think you'll do any of these things.

So, the effective medicine is:-




P/S _ while we are at it, can we also boot out the non-performing deadwoods at Telekom for the useless streamyx service they provide?

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written by Trueandfair, July 08, 2009 17:57:14

Yes, nearly 50 per cent of Malaysians believe that he makes a better prime minister than Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Come on, anybody who put in any amount of effort into his work will do better - Pak Lah was sleeping on the job !! It is a bad comparison !! Workwise, if you want to compare, compare Najib against Tun M (he is workaholic) but don't compare whether the work is morally correct, ethical etc etc ... just compare sheer effort !! Tun M wins hand down against anyone !!

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written by cllim123, July 08, 2009 22:19:34

Let's not just think of the economy. The measures taken are only knee jerk announcements of policy change that can be readjusted as and when to suit his and Umno whims and fancies. Now he relaxes the Bumi quota for foreign investors, is that a permanent move or just one that temporarily attracts the non-bumi voters?

We must not forget the atrocities done to our rule of law, judicial independence and constitution in Perak. And where is the accountability when we see Khir Toyo's palace after we saw Zak Deros'. What about the PKFZ fiasco? why the lack of transparency there? What about Lingam and Fairuz, Eusof, Vincent, Tun MM and Adnan? What about the tentative charge and Baginda and RM500million commission? Finally, where are the answers to the Aminah mysterious and explosive murder?

For the 65% people who found him agreeable, I beg you to think back to these thing. Or is it that you mudah lupa?

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written by onnetline, July 08, 2009 22:21:31

The poll of 1,060 registered voters in Peninsular Malaysia by Merdeka Center was carried out between June 19 and July 1. It shows that 65 per cent of those polled are satisfied with Najib’s performance since he became prime minister on April 3.


Any one Malaysian would be better than that less than able sleepyhead BADAKwi !

Moreover, how is he better when he's still a corrupted racist and murder suspect ......... this Najis C4 ! !

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written by rams609, July 08, 2009 22:47:25

If the current PM works only 5 days a week, he will still be a better PM than the previous one because the former slept 7 days a week!

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written by Ben Nordin, July 08, 2009 23:24:14

Merdeka Centre must've done their polls in Putrajaya. Anywhere else, it would have been dismal.

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written by chiongguo, July 08, 2009 23:26:51

A good study is one where hypocrisy factor is also measured. It indicated the credibility of the result. This study has a high hypocrisy factor.

The poll can be found here : http://www.merdeka.org/v2/download/Najib 100 Days Poll Media Release 2.0.pdf

The question :
"In your view what is the best thing he has done since he became PM?"

48 percent responded "Don't Know" and 8 percent said none.

Yet with 56 percent not knowing or saying none 65 percent could say they are confident. From here there is a large hypocrisy factor.

And in the question of what he should have avoided a hefty 77 percent either don't know, no problem or no response.

Other hypocrisy could be determined from the questions further down.

With such ignorance they could be so confident in the PM's ability. Fear could have driven many to reply the way they had done. I would take this study with a big dose of salt. The methodology does not allow for anonymity. They should do a parallel study where anonymity is allowed to compare the result.

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written by Tom n Jerry, July 09, 2009 09:39:20

If Malaysia can emerge from the economic downturn in time to come unscathed;then obviously credit goes to Najib;but we will have to wait and see whether there can be light at the end of the tunnel;!

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written by joeawk, July 09, 2009 16:00:11

It is not going to make any difference to many. We won't change our mind about changing government. The pants has wornout and we need to change and not patching up.

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