Politicians Least Trusted, Says Global Poll
Politicians are the least trusted people and they are more dishonest, more unethical and more incompetent than business leaders, a recent global survey commissioned by the World Economic Forum (WEF), showed.
The survey, called “Voice of the People TM”, showed that, globally, people have the least trust in politicians. Only 8 percent of the 61, 600 respondents from 60 countries, including the Philippines, said they trust their political leaders.
The survey, conducted by Gallup International from October to December 2007, represent the views of 1.5 billion global citizens. The results were released in time for next week’s WEF Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Teachers and religious leaders receive the highest score. More than one third of the global population (34%) trusted the teachers while 27 percent said they trust their religious leaders.
The WEF survey also showed that business leaders are rated more positively than politicians. Six out of ten people believe politicians are dishonest as compared to 43 percent who considered their business leaders as dishonest.
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