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Chilean President Bachelet's citizen approval increases: survey

Xinhua, October 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

For the first time in five months, Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, registered a significant increase in citizen approval for her management, according to a monthly survey carried out by Adimark.

The results of the survey for September were released on Thursday and showed that the president's approval rating increased by four points, going from 19 percent in August to 23 percent in September.

Disapproval for her management decreased from 77 percent in August to 72 percent in September.

Adimark, a market research institute, added that this figure "could hardly be considered positive. However, it certainly leaves behind an especially severe winter for the president."

The government also improved in the survey and increased from 13 percent to 20 percent and their disapproval rating decreased from 84 percent to 77 percent.

According to Adimark, the average approval for the cabinet increased from 36 percent (its lowest rating) to 43 percent.

Chile's foreign minister, Heraldo Munoz, continued to receive the highest approval ratings with 69 percent, while head of education, Adriana Delpiano, was located in last place with 19 percent.

The approval of the Senate decreased from 11 percent to nine percent, while rejection increased from 84 percent to 87 percent.

Approval for the Chamber of Deputies decreased from 10 percent to 7 percent and the rejection rate increased from 87 to 88 percent. Enditem