Most people doubt there will be transparency in the government's plan to seek Bt2 trillion in loans for infrastructure development, and do not believe the loan spending will be optimised, an opinion survey has found.
The survey was carried out by Assumption University's Abac Poll among 2,089 residents of 17 provinces, who are at least 18 years old. The provinces included Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Suphan Buri, Khon Kaen and Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Punnatee Isarangkul na Ayutthaya, an assistant at Abac Poll, said yesterday that 76.7 per cent of respondents did not think the government could make the most of the Bt2-trillion loans, while 23.3 per cent believed the government would use the loans to fully benefit the country.
She said 81.7 per cent did not believe the loans would be spent with transparency.
The government is enacting a bill to allow the Finance Ministry to borrow Bt2 trillion for developing transportation infrastructure - but 30.3 per cent of the respondents believed the government should use the loans for developing education first, while 21.9 per cent said the money should be used to stimulate the economy. She said 13.6 per cent said the loans should be spent on agricultural development while the rest wanted the money used for other purposes.
The respondents were also asked their opinions on the current situation in the deep South.
Up to 87.3 per cent said they were worried by the situation because they saw that the violence had intensified.
Punnatee said 33.5 per cent of the respondents thought the violence had intensified because the government was preparing to hold a dialogue with the BRN group, but 29.8 per cent believed the dialogue and intensified violence were not related. The remaining 36.7 per cent of the respondents said they were not sure.
Punnatee said up to 52.9 per cent of the respondents wanted the government to continue the peace dialogue, despite the violence.
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