site.btaExacta Poll: 44th Parliament Ends Tenure with 18% Approval, 70% Disapproval

Sofia, March 25 (BTA) - The 44th legislature ends its tenure
with 18 per cent approval and 70 per cent disapproval, according
 to a nationally representative survey by Exacta Research,
released on Thursday. The survey was conducted between February
15 and 22 among 1,005 adult Bulgarians via face-to-face
interviews.

The survey was funded within Exacta's own research programme and
 the analysis has been supported by archive data of the Exacta
Research Group.

Disapproval is particularly pronounced among Sofia residents,
young Bulgarians aged under 30 and respondents over 60.

The work of the 44th Parliament receives positive assessment
from 52 per cent of GERB voters, 38 per cent of VMRO supporters,
 17 per cent of Movement for Rights and Freedoms voters, 14 per
cent of supporters of the Volya-NFSB Patriotic Coalition, 7 per
cent of Bulgarian Socialist Party voters, 5 per cent of There Is
 Such a People supporters and 3 per cent of supporters of
Democratic Bulgaria.

National Assembly Chair Tsveta Karayancheva ends her term with
25 per cent approval, which is greater than the approval rating
of the institution she has headed. Disapproval for her work is
at 58 per cent. The Speaker has the approval of 78 per cent of
GERB voters, two-thirds of Volya-NFSB voters and one-third of
VMRO supporters.  Approval for Karayancheva among There Is Such
a People voters is at 8 per cent, among BSP voters at 4 per cent
 and among Democratic Bulgaria voters at 3 per cent.

Bulgaria is a parliamentary republic and parliamentary elections
 ensure political representation according to the will of
voters, pollsters explain. However, for years the public
perception has been that each successive parliament is less
popular and weaker than the preceding one which creates the
impression of an endless downward spiral in confidence in the
institution and replacement of the vote, Exacta says.

There is no discernible difference in the approval for the 44th
and the 43th legislature. Both then and now approval for the
legislature is between 17 and 18 per cent and disapproval nears
70 per cent.

Pollsters recall that at the end of the term of Prime Minister
Plamen Oresharski disapproval for the National Assembly reached
a record high 83 per cent and approval was at 8.5 per cent. 
RY/PP