Despite PR Job, Only 29% of Brazilians Approve of Lula Administration

For the first time in the series of quarterly Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Research (Ibope) polls conducted at the behest of the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), the number of people who judge president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration to be poor or very poor (32%) is greater than the number who regard it as good or excellent (29%).

In June, 2003, when the poll evaluated Lula’s administration for the first time, 11% considered the government to be poor or very poor, while 43% said it was good or excellent. In June of this year, 35% considered it good or excellent.


In the latest poll, 36% of the people surveyed classified the administration as so-so, compared with 41% in the June poll.


These data appear in the 11th CNI/Ibope poll, released today. According to the survey, “the evaluation worsened in all the segments investigated.”


For the director of the CNI, Marco Antonio Guarita, the decline reflects popular perceptions of the political crisis. According to the CNI, the news transmitted in newspapers and on the radio and TV are unfavorable to the administration in the opinion of 61% of the people interviewed, while only 11% regard the news as positive.


“This shows the government’s inability to produce good news,” he affirmed.


2002 people aged 16 or more were interviewed in 143 municipalities, from September 8-12. The margin of error in the survey is plus or minus 2%.


Government Celebrates 3.38 Million New jobs


It’s not that the Lula administration is not making an effort to be seen in a brighter light. The government informed today that between January 2003, when Lula took office, and August of this year, the administration has created a total of 3.38 million jobs in the formal labor market (these are real, registered, on-the-books jobs).


“For the first time in 20 years Brazil has economic stability, growth in output and an expanding job market. As we grow there is more work, which translates into social inclusion. And that makes all the difference in a country like Brazil. Since taking office we have been creating an average of 104,000 jobs per month,” declared president Lula.


Agência Brasil

Tags:

You May Also Like

Global Warming May Cost Brazil Up to US$ 2 Trillion a Year in 40 Years

Brazil will lose between US$ 417 billion (in an optimist scenario) and US$ 2 ...

In Brazil’s Current Scandal, Press is Witness, Prosecutor and Defendant

Brazil’s current cycle of accusations did not become a journalism anthology but it is ...

Being and Becoming

Mario Quintana is probably the greatest poet in (at least) the history of his ...

Brazilian Kids Say Bye to Coke and Hi to Goat’s Milk

More than 60 thousand children and youngsters in 348 public schools in 26 municipalities ...

Brazil Getting Less Kick out of Soccer

While soccer in North America can boast of some successful signs of positive growth, ...

A Gallery of Distinguished Brazilians: the Educationalists

“O navio negreiro” (“The Slave Ship”) was written by the poet Castro Alves in ...

New US Study Shows Brazil as Agressive Foreign Investor

A new survey released this Monday, December 3, by the Columbia Program on International Investment ...

It’s Been Ten Years Since Banks Had So Much Profit in Brazil

After a very good year in 2004, the biggest banks in Brazil have done ...

Brazil Deregulates Air Fares to South America

As of this Monday, September 1st, the Brazilian government will no longer regulate air ...

Brazil’s Presidential Hopefuls Crisscross Country to Be Seen in Carnaval Parties

The presidential campaign for the October election in Brazil hasn’t started and by law ...