A large majority of people said they agree with a cabinet reshuffle, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
The poll was conducted on July 19-20 on 1,250 people aged 18 and above of various and occupations and level of education throughout the country.
Asked whether there should be a cabinet reshuffle at an appropriate time, a majority - 80.32% - said "yes", reasoning that the present cabinet has not been able to effectively solve problems and they want to see new faces with a new vision and policy ideas. Just 12.56% disagreed with the idea, saying that they want to see continuity of work without disruptions; and the rest were uncertain or had no comment.
45.12% of those who want to see a cabinet reshuffle said the present cabinet has underperformed; 30.80% said some cabinet ministers are not qualified for their jobs; 28.56% said some ministers are inexperienced; 28.08% said a reshuffle will help improve the government's image; and 15.84% said a reshuffle will allow a rotation of duties among cabinet ministers.
The first five ministries to which the respondents said they want to see changes are the Agricultural and Cooperatives Ministry (18.40%), the Commerce Ministry (9.04%), the Education Ministry (9.04%), the Interior Ministry (6.88%) and the Finance Ministry (5.28%).