66% of Serbians believe govt. will last full mandate

BELGRADE A new B92/Ipsos Strategic Marketing polls has shown that 66 percent of Serbians expect the government to last its full, 4-year mandate. 1,002 citizens took part in the survey, which saw 30 percent say that the current cabinet will fall before its mandate had expired, while four percent said they "did not know". 66% of Serbians believe govt. will last full mandate Asked to identify the government's biggest successes in the first 100 days in office, 23 percent said it was the fight against corruption, 19 percent choose related arrests, while the economy came in third - regarding the stabilized exchange rate. About a quarter of the respondents believe that the government "has had no successes". Asked which parties were targeted in the anti-corruption campaign, more than half said that it was the Democratic Party (DS), while five and four percent respectively identified the Liberal Democrats (LDP) and the Socialists (SPS). Asked about their expectations for the future, the focus shifted from crime and corruption to unemployment - 50 percent of the respondents said they wished this to be the government's priority, followed 23 percent who said they wished to see higher standard of living. Almost one half of the respondents believe that the country is moving in the wrong direction, while 33% think otherwise. 17 percent said they "did not know". In case the government does fall, but the ruling parties opt to "reconstruct it" rather than go to the polls, as many as 37 percent of Serbians said they could not identify possible future coalition partners. 13 percent stated that they expected the Progressives (SNS) to team up with the Democrats, while six percent said a new government would be formed by the SNS and the SPS without their present coalition partner, the United Regions of Serbia (URS). The graphics showing that 66% of Serbians believe the government will see its full mandate (B92) B92

66% of Serbians believe govt. will last full mandate

Asked to identify the government's biggest successes in the first 100 days in office, 23 percent said it was the fight against corruption, 19 percent choose related arrests, while the economy came in third - regarding the stabilized exchange rate.

About a quarter of the respondents believe that the government "has had no successes".

Asked which parties were targeted in the anti-corruption campaign, more than half said that it was the Democratic Party (DS), while five and four percent respectively identified the Liberal Democrats (LDP) and the Socialists (SPS).

Asked about their expectations for the future, the focus shifted from crime and corruption to unemployment - 50 percent of the respondents said they wished this to be the government's priority, followed 23 percent who said they wished to see higher standard of living.

Almost one half of the respondents believe that the country is moving in the wrong direction, while 33% think otherwise. 17 percent said they "did not know".

In case the government does fall, but the ruling parties opt to "reconstruct it" rather than go to the polls, as many as 37 percent of Serbians said they could not identify possible future coalition partners.

13 percent stated that they expected the Progressives (SNS) to team up with the Democrats, while six percent said a new government would be formed by the SNS and the SPS without their present coalition partner, the United Regions of Serbia (URS).