The approval of President Gustavo Petro rose from 35% to 37% when completing three years of government, while its disapproval fell from 60% to 58%, according to a survey released this Friday, August 8.
(See: The lights and shadows of the three years of the Petro government).
The survey, made by the firm Invamer For ‘Blu Radio’ and ‘Noticias Caracol’, measured Popular support for the president at the beginning of this month compared to last March.
Petro, who assumed the Colombian presidency on August 7, 2022, had his best measurement in Invamer In November of that year, when its approval was 50% and disapproval, 43%, The only moment in which the positive line was above the refusal.
(See: In mid -September, sovereignty of Santa Rosa Island would be defined in the Amazon).
The study also reveals that 64% of respondents believe that Colombia is on a bad way, While 31% believe that it is on the right track and 7% do not respond.
Similarly, the survey indicates that The main problems of the country are public order (32.8%), unemployment and economy (18%), corruption (13.7%), the malfunction of the government or the political system (12.1%) and the basic needs (6.9%).
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As for the ‘total peace’, one of the main flags of the Petro government, 66.8% of respondents believe that it is on a bad way, while only 25.8% think otherwise.
(See: The last year of the Petro Government: how is the panorama for the country).
Besides, 73.9% consider that the State and the Armed Forces have lost control of territories where illegal armed groups operate, such as the dissidents of the FARC, the Guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Gulf clan, the country’s main criminal gang, among others.
The poll, which It was held in 84 municipalities through 1,840 surveys, He also indicated that only 20% support the management of the vice president, France Márquez, today distant from Petro and his government.
(See: Subsidies, Energy Communities and Gas Shortage, Challenges of the Last Year of Petro).
EFE
