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DPP poll claims majority against toppling Cabinet

Poll results * Almost 60 percent of respondents did not support a no-confidence vote. * 24 percent agreed that a no-confidence vote could help resolve the current legislative deadlock. * 46 percent were against putting amendments to the CEC law at the top of the legislative agenda. * Poll based on 873 valid responses. Source: DPP

More than half of the respondents to a recent poll were opposed to the idea of toppling the new Cabinet headed by Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄), the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday.

The survey was conducted after comments made by People First Party Legislator Fu Kun-chih (傅崑萁), who said last week that he would push for a vote of no confidence against the new premier, who only took office on Monday.

"Nearly 60 percent of respondents did not support a no-confidence vote against the premier, while only 24 percent agreed that doing so could help to resolve the deadlock between the government and the opposition," DPP Secretary-General Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said.

The survey was conducted by phone on Tuesday.

A total of 873 valid responses were collected.

More than 46 percent of respondents were also against putting amendments to the Organic Law of the Central Election Commission (中央選舉委員會組織法) at the top of the legislative agenda.

The pan-blue opposition had insisted on reviewing the amendments to the law before reviewing this year's central government budget, which is already overdue.

"The [poll results] show that people want political stability and the opposition should therefore avoid political bickering," Lin said.

Lin also said that nearly 50 percent of the poll's respondents believed that the passage of the amendments to agricultural and fishery association laws was a move by the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to secure support from those organizations.

The Legislative Yuan passed the amendments earlier this month.

The amendments canceled the three-term restriction which applied to secretaries-general for the associations and lowered requirements for them to renew their employment.

They also stipulated that association staff standing trial would not be relieved of their posts until a final verdict was delivered in their cases.

The amendments were opposed by the pan-green camp.

Additional reporting by CNA
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