The survey says...not so great
IUDOP at El Salvador's University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas recently released its year-end survey of how Salvadorans perceive their government's performance. As expected, Salvadorans hold quite negative views of present day conditions. Overall, however, they seem to be less negative than they were at the end of the previous year.
The good news is that the Attorney General seems to have relatively strong support among Salvadorans. Seventy percent evaluate his performance as good or very good and 75 percent support his high-level corruption allegations. Still, Salvadorans seem to prefer an international commission to help with corruption investigations (92 percent). As long as Melendez continues to make progress against corruption, citizen support for an international commission should continue to decrease.
Salvador Sanchez Ceren gets relatively poor marks for his year in office. Fifty-six percent respond that it was bad. On a zero to ten scale, Salvadorans give Sanchez Ceren a 5.10. It's not that much lower than previous surveys (5.18 in November 2015 and 5.32 in June 2016), but it is lower nonetheless.
Given the weak economic performance and continued insecurity, it is unsurprising that 40 percent of those surveyed responded that they would like to migrate to another country next year.
While not terrible, the FMLN cannot be happy with the results of the survey as it prepares for the 2018 legislative and municipal elections.
The good news is that the Attorney General seems to have relatively strong support among Salvadorans. Seventy percent evaluate his performance as good or very good and 75 percent support his high-level corruption allegations. Still, Salvadorans seem to prefer an international commission to help with corruption investigations (92 percent). As long as Melendez continues to make progress against corruption, citizen support for an international commission should continue to decrease.Salvador Sanchez Ceren gets relatively poor marks for his year in office. Fifty-six percent respond that it was bad. On a zero to ten scale, Salvadorans give Sanchez Ceren a 5.10. It's not that much lower than previous surveys (5.18 in November 2015 and 5.32 in June 2016), but it is lower nonetheless.
Given the weak economic performance and continued insecurity, it is unsurprising that 40 percent of those surveyed responded that they would like to migrate to another country next year.
While not terrible, the FMLN cannot be happy with the results of the survey as it prepares for the 2018 legislative and municipal elections.
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