Thursday, December 06, 2007

Gallup Poll: Malaysia scores well

Congratulations to Malaysia for scoring well on Gallup International's Voice of the People survey. You may take a few moments to bask in this glory. And when you're done, please get back to work. Thank you.

New Straits Times:-

The survey shows Malaysians have full faith in free, fair elections:

  • 74% of Malaysians feel that elections in the country are free and fair

  • 69% feel that the people are well-represented by the government

That's the highest in the region, where an average 53% of the people believe that elections in their country are neither free nor fair, and nearly 61% do not feel that their government follows the will of the people.

Some food for thought from Screenshots:-

The survey in Malaysia has a sampling size of 1,250. The fieldwork was done face-to-face with the samples in urban areas across Peninsular Malaysia.

Significantly, the survey was conducted over a one-month period from July 2 through August 5 — distinctively before...

  • the September 25 Bar Council March,

  • the November 10 BERSIH Rally,

  • the November 25 Hindraf Rally,

  • the VK Lingam Tape was exposed.

Generally, we've done well. But that's not good enough is it? To be fair, it's never good enough for anyone or everyone. It's obviously not good enough for me. Nevertheless, we should never stop improving ourselves.