Only 35 percent of Egypt’s citizens have shown approval of the parliament’s performance, while 31 percent have shown disapproval and 33 percent were undecided, according to a poll. Baseera, the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research, said in a poll released on Saturday that 39 percent approved of the performance of the representatives of their own districts, while 27 percent did not approve and 33 per cent said they did not know. Baseera’s director and former cabinet minister of communications and information technology Maged Othman said that among those who approved of the parliament’s performance, 43 percent were holders of lower to intermediate education, but the ratio goes down to 20 percent in the case of those holding higher degrees. Respondents aged between 30 and 49 years old recorded a 30 percent approval rate, compared to 36 percent for those aged 18-29 and 42 percent for those above 50 years old. The poll also showed that the approval rate is higher in the countryside (49 percent) compared to the cities (29 percent), due to the fact that people in the countryside usually know their representatives on a personal level which helps them better…
One-Third of Egyptians Satisfied With Parliament’s Performance: Poll
May 29, 2016
