Poll: Thais trust armed forces the most to protect national interest
Nida conducted the survey on 1,310 peple sampled nationwide on Aug 4 and 5.
When respondents were asked how they trusted parties' ability to protect the national interest, it found the following:
For the armed forces,
75.73% of respondents had great trust in them
19.31% had a fair amount of trust
3.66% did not particularly trust them
1.07% had no trust
For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
41.76% had no trust
33.28% did not particularly trust them
19.23% had a fair amount of trust
4.89% had great trust
For the Thai government,
54.58% had no trust
29.01% did not particularly trust them
11.45% had a fair amount of trust
4.66% had great trust.
Respondents were also asked about their satisfaction with the same institutions' roles in resolving the Thai-Cambodian conflict.
For the armed forces,
75.42% of respondents were extremely satisfied
19.85% were fairly satisfied
3.36% were quite dissatisfied
1.22% were totally dissatisfied.
For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
40.31% had no satisfaction
33.66% were fairly dissatisfied
20.38% were quite satisfied
4.81% were very satisfied.
For the Thai government,
54.43% had no satisfaction
27.40% were quite dissatisfied
13.75% were fairly satisfied
4.27% were completely satisfied.
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