RESULTS OF THE NATION OPINION POLL CONDUCTED IN MARCH OF 2005
(1516 persons interviewed, margin of error doesn’t exceed 0.03)
11. Do you know the families whose children went abroad on Chernobyl programs?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
I don’t know |
53.3 |
|
I know such families |
42.0 |
|
My children went on such programs |
4.5 |
|
NA |
0.2 |
12. Over the past three years, have you suffered an offence from public authorities?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
No, never |
73.8 |
|
Yes, many times |
7.2 |
|
Yes, several times |
13.6 |
|
Yes, one time |
5.2 |
|
NA |
0.2 |
13. If you have suffered, in what form then? (open question)
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Infringement of my rights |
8.6 |
|
Insult |
6.0 |
|
Squeezing of money |
2.3 |
|
Non-performance of their duties |
1.6 |
|
Other |
1.7 |
|
DA/NA |
79.8 |
14. How would you assess, on a five-point scale, the work of the Belarusian authorities?
|
Variant of answer |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
NA |
In average |
|
President |
9.0 |
13.7 |
26.1 |
27.1 |
23.5 |
0.6 |
3.43 |
|
Government |
10.8 |
19.9 |
36.8 |
24.4 |
7.3 |
0.8 |
2.97 |
|
Parliament |
12.2 |
21.4 |
37.6 |
23.1 |
5.0 |
0.7 |
2.87 |
|
Local authorities |
17.3 |
25.0 |
33.6 |
17.9 |
5.7 |
0.5 |
2.70 |
15. In your opinion, how are human rights observed in Belarus?
|
Variant of answer |
always |
not always |
not observed |
DA/NA |
|
Right to national self-determination |
42.2 |
23.9 |
12.6 |
21.3 |
|
Right to freedom of movement and choice of the place of residence |
40.6 |
32.9 |
15.5 |
11.0 |
|
Right to elect and be elected into state bodies |
31.5 |
32.8 |
21.9 |
13.8 |
|
To privacy |
28.2 |
34.9 |
21.9 |
15.0 |
|
To freedom of association |
24.3 |
30.7 |
20.4 |
24.6 |
|
To parity before the law |
23.1 |
34.0 |
33.2 |
9.7 |
|
To freedom of opinion and its expression |
22.2 |
37.7 |
30.0 |
10.1 |
|
To safe environment |
21.6 |
42.4 |
25.3 |
10.7 |
|
To freedom of meeting, demonstrations and marches |
17.5 |
37.9 |
29.7 |
14.9 |
|
To worthy standard of living |
16.3 |
44.1 |
33.0 |
6.6 |
16. To which extent are you satisfied with democratization in Belarus?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Absolutely dissatisfied |
17.5 |
|
Rather dissatisfied |
27.6 |
|
Rather satisfied |
29.5 |
|
Totally satisfied |
9.7 |
|
DA/NA |
15.7 |
17. Ex-minister, ambassador and presidential candidate M. Marinich was arrested and convicted last year. Various opinions about the cause of his conviction were spoken out. Which one do you agree with?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
I don’t know anything about this case |
53.5 |
|
Ì. Marinich didn’t commit any crimes he was convicted of; his conviction is a reprisal of authorities against the political opponent |
20.3 |
|
Ì. Marinich was convicted, as the sentence read, of stealing the PC’s given to him into temporary use by US embassy |
13.1 |
|
DA/NA |
13.1 |
18. Special report has been recently passed in the Council of Europe. It states that some of the top-level officials are involved into disappearance of well-known political figures V. Gonchar and Y. Zakharenko, businessman A. Krasovsky and TV cameraman D. Zavadsky. Do you believe or not into their involvement into these cases of disappearance?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
No, I don’t believe this |
49.9 |
|
Yes, I do |
47.1 |
|
NA |
3.0 |
19. In your opinion, what are the true reasons of disappearances of these persons?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Political: they stood out with criticism of authorities |
36.8 |
|
Criminal: they had relations with criminals |
14.5 |
|
Perhaps, they left the country themselves and never disappeared |
13.7 |
|
Heard nothing about this |
15.4 |
|
DA/NA |
19.6 |
20. Are you satisfied with how Belarusian authorities investigated into the cases of disappearance?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Rather dissatisfied |
29.1 |
|
To a certain extent dissatisfied |
10.1 |
|
To a certain extent satisfied |
12.8 |
|
Rather satisfied |
9.2 |
|
DA/NA |
38.8 |
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