2005News

Majority perceive corruption in govt

The Listin-Hamilton poll shows that 79% of Dominicans believe that there is corruption in the current administration. The breakdown is as follows: a lot of corruption, 44%; some corruption, 39%, not much corruption, 17%, no corruption, 4%, does not know 1%. When comparing Leonel Fernandez’s administration to Hipolito Mejia’s, 47% said there is less corruption now than in the past, whereas 28% are of the opinion that there is more corruption in the current administration, 23% says it is the same and 1% does not know.