BANGKOK : -- More than half of the people polled in an opinion survey are confident that the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha will be able to improve Thailand’s image as far as corruption problem is concerned.

The latest poll, called Bangkok Poll, was conducted by the research centre of Bangkok University on September 3-4.   Altogether 1,045 people from various parts of the country were polled.

The results of the opinion survey are as follows:

Asked how confident they are about the government’s efforts to tackle the scourge of corruption which will help improve the country’s image, 69.8 percent said they are confident against 23.6 percent who said they have little confidence.

Asked how confident they are regarding reform to deal with corruption problem in government’s procurement projects, 60.3 percent said they are confident against 31.9 percent who said they are not.
On election reform to get rid of vote buying, 58.1 percent do not believe that the reform can solve the problem against 34.5 percent who believe the reformc an help.

The poll also shows 41.8 percent believe corruption problem will stage a comeback after the departure of the Prayuth’s government against 44.2 percent who believe the situation will improve after the government’s departure.

78.5 percent feel that the graft problem has gradually improved since the arrival of the National Council for Peace and Order whereas 13.4 percent said that there is nothing change.  73.9 percent said the new cabinet’s image is much better than the previous cabinets.