Torrijos Has Small
Rebound in Panama
(Angus Reid Global
Monitor) - Support for
Panamanian president
Martín Torrijos
increased last month,
according to a poll by
Dichter & Neira released
by TVN Noticias and
Panamá América. 53.3 per
cent of respondents rate
the head of state’s
performance as excellent
or good, up 3.5 points
since August.
Torrijos - the son of
Omar Torrijos, an army
general who ruled Panama
from 1968 to 1981 - won
the May 2004
presidential election as
a candidate for the
Revolutionary Democratic
Party (PRD) with 47.44
per cent of the vote.
In 1999, Panama regained
full control of the
Panama Canal, the source
of 10 per cent of the
country’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). In
October 2006, Panamanian
voters supported the
canal’s $5.25 billion
U.S. expansion plan -
which would add a
parallel set of locks to
allow giant cargo ships
to pass through the
waterway - in a
nationwide referendum.
Last month, during the
annual United Nations
(UN) General Assembly,
Torrijos proposed to
wage a war against
global famine, saying
that expensive food
represents "a menace to
social peace," and
adding, "The General
Assembly should so
declare it, so that all
governmental forces, the
private sector and
international
organizations join
efforts in a crusade to
save millions of people
from the claws of
poverty."
Polling Data
How would you rate the
performance of Martín
Torrijos as president?
| |
Sept. 2008 |
Aug. 2008 |
Jul. 2008 |
|
Excellent / Good |
53.3% |
49.8% |
48.2% |
|
Bad / Very Bad |
42.0% |
45.3% |
49.9% |
Source: Dichter & Neira
/ TVN Noticias / Panamá
América
Methodology: Interviews
with 1,200 Panamanian
adults, conducted from
Sept. 12 to Sept. 14,
2008. Margin of error is
2.9 per cent.
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