/ world today news/ President Rumen Radev, Ombudsman Maya Manolova and Mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova are the most liked political figures by people at the end of the year, according to a Gallup International survey.
These are all three political figures who had a positive rating in the year, i.e. trust trumps distrust. Boyko Borisov also has relatively high trust, as well as a “package” of personalities such as Iliyana Yotova, Liliana Pavlova, Maria Gabriel, Krasimir Karakachanov, Tomislav Donchev. Kornelia Ninova lags far behind the first. The various members of the cabinet are gradually establishing their recognition.
In the last one year, there has been an increase in confidence in Maya Manolova – because of the activity and because of the opportunities that the position of the ombudsman gives. From twenty percent at the inauguration, now the trust is 51%. She is behind only President Rumen Radev, who is liked by 57% of the people.
Yordanka Fandakova is with 40%, and in the 4th position is the Prime Minister Boyko Borisov with 33%.
As “Gallup International” recently noted, within the last two years there has also been a certain strengthening of trust in Krasimir Karakachanov – from 10 – 15% in 2016 to 20 – 25% now.
Among the institutions, according to “Gallup”, the presidency ends the year with levels of trust of 56% against 29% of distrust. Thus, the presidential institution consolidates its usual high public authority, which was greatly shaken in the previous term. Rumen Radev’s personal trust is on a regular basis Vice President Iliana Yotova enjoys a personal trust of 25% – this is also a relatively high rating compared to other political figures in our country.
In December, the government had 31% trust and 58% distrust. These are levels that are repeated relatively steadily throughout the year. Thus, the first few months of the “Borisov 3” cabinet turn out to have trust levels slightly better than the initial months of his previous mandate, more favorable than the initial months of the Oresharsky mandate, and much less favorable than the initial levels of the first “Borisov” cabinet in 2009. There is the usual “wear and tear” of support for any power, but also enough signs that GERB has a long-lasting influence.
Parliament, traditionally, has lower trust than the government at the end of the year – 70% negative and 22% positive evaluations. In 2017, a certain strengthening of confidence in the parliament was noticed. It probably influenced the mobilization of the electorate of the ruling parties, which have a more serious periphery, characteristic of the entire year.
The levels of positive evaluations remained relatively permanently above 20%, and of negative evaluations – below and around 70%. Similar type of evaluations were last registered in 2009 and 2010 – the first years of Borisov’s first mandate.
In recent months, however, there are already signs of wavering in these indicators, and the coming months will show whether the favorable levels were not just a cyclical effect.
Attitudes toward the institution of the National Assembly became more favorable even after the caretaker government took office at the end of January 2017. Paradoxically, more favorable approval ratings in the parliament came during a period when it was virtually absent. This was due to the general reassurance that usually came after the resolution of political crises, such as the one with Borisov’s resignation in the fall of 2017, summarizes Gallup.
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