Poll: People say no to curfew in deep South

Published on February 23, 2013 by TFP   ·   No Comments

BANGKOK, 23 February 2013 – A poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) has indicated that a majority of people or 53.77% disagreed with curfew in three southern border provinces as they feared that it would affect local people’s way of life.

According to NIDA, only 37.50% showed support for a curfew in the restive South, saying it would help improve the situation and increase people’s confidence in their security. The respondents who disagreed with the curfew said it would complicate the locals’ daily life especially in their going out to farm work and in performing activities according to the Islamic faith. The respondents also said there was no need for a curfew since the situation in some areas of the far South was not so violent as that reported in the media.

8.73% answered that they were unsure about curfew in the region. 48.21% thought that the ministers and deputy prime ministers who were responsible for solutions to the southern unrest should visit the region every month. 28.77% said they should travel there every three months and 8.53% said the visit should be made every six months. Only 5.16% said they should visit the three southern border provinces once a year.

(NNT: suwit rattiwan suwit rattiwan)

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