Majority of Belarusians are against changes in Constitution

Published: 10 September 2004 y., Friday
Lukashenka will face problems with getting support of majority in changing Constitution. Results of polling made by Baltic department of The Gallup Organization/Baltic Surveys confirm it. This resume was based on analysis of 25 researches of sociological opinion made during last two years. We offer you familiarize with this figures depressing for Lukashenka. Lukashenko to have difficult time getting a majority to support changing constitution. * Since September 2002 there have been twenty-five credible public opinion polls released to the public and conducted by either The Gallup Organization/ Baltic Surveys or the Belarusian based Novak Market Research and the Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies (IISEPS) All twenty-five of these polls show at least 47% of Belarusians opposing changing the constitution and only one shows more than 30% supporting changing the constitution * The average of all seventeen polls taken by these three credible organizations in the past year has fifty-two percent of people opposing the referendum and only twenty-six percent supporting the referendum * Since May of 2004 The Gallup Organization / Baltic Surveys has conducted two national public opinion polls and has been doing tracking polling since August 1st. In that period never has less than a majority of Belarusians opposed changing the constitution of Belarus. * As of the end of August in Belarus, according to tracking polling being conducted by The Gallup Organization/ Baltic Surveys fifty-one percent of Belarusian say they will vote to oppose changing the constitution of Belarus and only twenty-nine percent say they would support the referendum.
Šaltinis: charter97.org
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