About 44.3 percent of people are satisfied with the current Cabinet’s performance, up 2.3 percentage points from last month, although 69 percent of respondents were not able to name a single minister, poll data released today showed.
Dissatisfaction with the Cabinet stood at 26.5 percent, down 0.7 percentage points from last month, a poll by My-Formosa.com found.
About 29.2 percent of respondents did not give a clear answer.
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Taipei residents and opposition party supporters were more likely to express dissatisfaction.
Independents expressed a 33.9 percent approval rating, while 27.4 percent disapproved.
Pollsters also asked respondents to name the heads of 14 of the 31 Cabinet-level departments.
About 21.4 percent were able to name Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄), 13.8 percent could name Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍), 5.4 percent could name Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳), 4.2 percent could name Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) and 4.1 percent could name Minister of Culture Lee Yuan (李遠).
About 69 percent of respondents could not name a single minister.
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