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New Peruvian President has approval rating of 70.4 percent

Xinhua, August 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Peru's new president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, in office since July 28, now has an approval rating of 70.4 percent, according to a new poll published Saturday.

Carried out by polling agency CPI between July 30 and August 3, the poll found that his disapproval rating also stood at 18.6 percent, with 11 percent choosing not to express an opinion.

Having come to power pledging to create a "modern Peru" and to crack down on crime and corruption, Kuczynski is seen by 41 percent of Peruvians as being the right leader due to his experience, while 10.3 percent like his background as an economist.

Concerning the challenges lying ahead for the new president, 26.5 percent of respondents see the opposition-held Congress as the main obstacle, while 25.5 percent view Kuczynski's advanced age, at 78, as being his largest concern.

His new Prime Minister, Fernando Zavala, has a slightly lower approval rating at 52.6 percent, although 35.1 percent of people did not have an opinion of him yet.

The CPI poll asked the opinions of 1,450 people, in both cities and rural areas, with a margin of error of 3.6 percent.

CPI also highlighted that new presidents tend to begin their terms with high approval ratings since Alan Garcia did so with 71.8 percent in 2006, Alejandro Toledo with 59 percent in 2001 and Ollanta Humala with 58.7 percent in 2011. Enditem