Bangkok University surveyed 1,023 people in Bangkok yesterday about the PAD protests. Below is a summary of the poll results (I missed out only one question):
1. Do you agree with closing of the roads to force out the government? 13.8% agree, 72.6% disagree and 13.8% have no opinion.
2. Do you agree with the seizing of NBT? 14.8% agree, 70.8% disagree, and 14.4% have no opinion.
3. Do you agree with the seizing of Government House? 16.9% agree, 68.3% disagree, and 14.8% have no opinion.
4. Do you agree with the police to take action against the 5 PAD leaders? 42.8% agree, 31.7% disagree, and 25.5% have no opinion.
5. Do you think it is time to declare a state of emergency? 46.9% say not yet, 27.6% say and 25.5% have no opinion.
6. What action do you want the military to take? 51.8% say join with the police to control the situation, 38.4% say stay neutral and stay put, 4.5% say stage a coup, and 5.3% gave other responses.
7. What do you want the government to do? 34.9% say continue administering the country, and 65.1% want a change (33.3% want a new election, 17% want the PM to resign, 14.8% want the Cabinet to resign).
BP: Would be interesting to see a poll of the whole country. Nothing too surprising really based on people I have spoken to and the result of 7 might indicate that the PAD have achieved their goal, but then again I imagine the result in the North and the Northeast would be somewhat different - although the change of wanting the Cabinet to resign doesn't mean much as the government could appoint the same people to different positions.
A later poll would be interesting as not many people might have seen all the coverage by the time they were surveyed yesterday.
People are going to tire of the PAD and the government. Who is that going to suit?
It is working well for someone but not the PAD and not the government
We also shouldnt forget that it is also about people. If we are not lucky, people are going to get seriously hurt and there are no winners when that happens. Sometimes as we sit and talk politcs and tactics and argue who is right and wrong we forget that. And the people who get hurt will inevitably be nobodies. Maybe what we should be doing is urging restraint by all and calling for sense to prevail.
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