Posted 16 May 2006 @ 15:32
JAKARTA, 16 May 2006 - Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's job rating fell as people perceived the government isn't doing enough to create jobs and help increase household income, a Jakarta-based survey agency said. Just 37.9 percent of the people surveyed were satisfied with the Yudhoyono administration's performance in April, compared with 64.7 percent a year earlier, the Lingkaran Survey Indonesia,or LSI, said in a statement at a press briefing in Jakarta on Tuesday.
"People are disappointed. They are dissatisfied with the government's performance in dealing with problems related to the economy," Denny J.A., the LSI executive director, told reporters at the briefing. "They are, however, happy with how thegovernment has been fighting corruption."
Indonesia wants to boost economic growth to help reduce its unemployment rate to 5.1 percent by 2009, from 9.5 percent. In the first quarter, Southeast Asia's largest economy grew 4.6 percent from a year earlier, the slowest pace since 2004. The government had forecast economic growth of 6.2 percent this year,before revising it to 5.9 percent in March on lack of investment and exports.
The LSI survey interviewed 700 Indonesians in villages and cities across Indonesia from April 23 through 27. The margin of error is 3.8 percent, LSI said in the statement.
"With such a low popularity, Yudhoyono will likely find a difficult time when it comes to making a non-populist policy like raising electricity rate and making the labor regulations" more investor-friendly, Denny said.
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