A majority of people want the prime minister and the cabinet to be directly elected by them, according to a survey conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration - Nida Poll.
The poll was conducted on Dec 4-5 on 1,253 people throughout the country to gauge their opinion on what selection method should be applied to the prime minister and the cabinet.
Asked what they think is the best way to pick the prime minister, the majority of 66.8% of respondents said it should be direct election by the people; 20.27% said it was not necessary for the prime minister to be an MP, but he or she must be endorsed by the House of Representatives; 9.1% said the prime minister must be an MP and his or her nomination must be endorsed by the House of Representatives; 1.68% said it was not necessary for the prime minister to come from elections provided that he or she is capable of solving the country's problems and must be good and honest; and 2.15% had no comment.
On the method of choosing the cabinet, 72.27% said members should come from elections, 24.5% said they should be picked by the prime minister; 0.64% said they should be selected by each ministry, by MPs or by a selection committee; and 2.79% had no comment.
On the election of MPs, 48.52% said they should come from a single-MP constituency system, 20.11% preferred a large constituency with not more than three MPs; 16.52% said all MPs nationwide should be elected in the party-list system; 13.41% said MPs should be elected from a province-based party list system; 11.65% said MPs should be elected from occupation groups; 3.75% said MPs should be elected from a region-based party list system; and 7.26% had no comment.