President Mahinda Rajapaksa 3rd most popular leader in Asian-Pacific region.
The latest survey carried out by the well known American pollster Gallop Poll in respect of people’s acceptance of the Head of State of their respective country, out of 21 countries in the Asia Pacific Region, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been ranked in the 3rd position. The survey says that 91% of the Sri Lankans approve the job performance of President Mahinda Rajapaksa
As per the rankings the first and second places have been obtained by President Choummali Signason of Laos and Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia. They have received 97% and 93% approval from their people respectively.
As per the survey Indian Prime Minister has only 51% of the people’s approval and he is ranked in the 11th place. Prime Minister Mrs. Julia Gillard has the approval of only 45% of the people of her country and she is ranked in the 14th place. The New Zealand Prime Minister Mr. John Key has the approval of 72% of people of his country and he is ranked in the 9th position. Prime Minister Mr. Yoshihiko Noda of Japan has the approval of 41% of the people of Japan and he is ranked on 15th position.
President Asif Ali Zardari has the lowest popularity among these 21 countries and his popularity rate is only 20%. Accordingly he is ranked in the 21st position among the 21 countries.
Source: Government News Portal
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That is why Singh had to bend to the wish of the LTTE supporters in government to keep his fragile power and vote against SL at the UNHRC. Same goes for Hilary and Obama in the coming election. Will do anything demeaning to stay in power.
Getting a 91% popularity rating under any circumstances is exceptional performance. Sri Lanka has finally discovered and exceptional family who are leading the country to great heights. Long live the Rajapaksas.
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has had consistent poularity ratings over 90%. A loaf of bread in Zimbabwe costs 30% more than a Government School Teacher’s salaray for a month. This means a teacher in Zimbabwe has to work for 1 1/2 months to buy one loaf of bread! Amazing.
Hey Ozzie,
I am not surprised about Zimbabwe. It is almost the same here in Colombo. To buy a bus ticket to go to work you have to work for one whole day. This is why your Ozzie mate, Noel Mudalige was trying to bring a new political party in SL called FSP. But GR caught him out completely and the Ozzie Cictizen Noel M was quickly put on a flight to Sydney. Good luk to him. After all, he has 2 Mercedes benz in his luxury Dural home in Sydney bought of course, with his diaspora tamil terror mates (the GTF father Emmanuel and Suren S) money.