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33635
Tue, 12/02/2008 - 22:50
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PRESIDENT: PUBLIC OPINION POLLS MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE
Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said public opinion polls, be they political or non-political, must be accountable and carried out with a valid methodology, correct samples and neutrally.
Speaking when receiving participants of the National Resileince Institute (Lemhannas)'s regular course, the president was commenting on the possible surge in public opnion polls ahead of the 2009 general elections.
"I, and my staff also know this, always monitor polls that are reliable and credible, not those made to meet orders from certain quarters," he said.
He said he was concerned about polls that were made to meet orders and with certain designs, referring, for example, to polls that must meet a certain expected result. "How can it be that the outcome of a survey is already known before it is even carried out," he said.
He admitted he had received the results of a poll which showed that his popularity had dropped. "When I read the result of the poll and knew that my popularity had dropped, I immediately sought the reasons behind it. I tried to determine whether it was because of floods, plane crashes or because I deciced to raise fuel prices and then tried to understand it. I tried to understand why there was anger and I continued to solve the problems," he said.
He said the results of a survey, bad though they were, had to be accepted for what they were while making continuous efforts to solve the problems.
"My advice is that examining oneself is important but it must be done using the right means," he said.
He said the important thing about a survey was that it had to be done based on a valid methodology, right samples, objectively and neutrally.
Speaking when receiving participants of the National Resileince Institute (Lemhannas)'s regular course, the president was commenting on the possible surge in public opnion polls ahead of the 2009 general elections.
"I, and my staff also know this, always monitor polls that are reliable and credible, not those made to meet orders from certain quarters," he said.
He said he was concerned about polls that were made to meet orders and with certain designs, referring, for example, to polls that must meet a certain expected result. "How can it be that the outcome of a survey is already known before it is even carried out," he said.
He admitted he had received the results of a poll which showed that his popularity had dropped. "When I read the result of the poll and knew that my popularity had dropped, I immediately sought the reasons behind it. I tried to determine whether it was because of floods, plane crashes or because I deciced to raise fuel prices and then tried to understand it. I tried to understand why there was anger and I continued to solve the problems," he said.
He said the results of a survey, bad though they were, had to be accepted for what they were while making continuous efforts to solve the problems.
"My advice is that examining oneself is important but it must be done using the right means," he said.
He said the important thing about a survey was that it had to be done based on a valid methodology, right samples, objectively and neutrally.
