A majority of people believe the People's Group which has staged pro-democracy demonstrations is receiving backing from certain individuals, according to the result of a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
The poll was conducted in telephone interviews on Feb 8-10 on 1,315 people aged 18 and over of various levels of education and occupations throughout the country to compile their opinions on the protests staged by the People's Group, or the so-called "three-finger protesters".
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A majority, 67.60%, of the respondents believed the protesters were led in the demonstrations by core members of the People's Group while 32.40%thought there were acting independently.
Moreover, 65.25% believed the group was supported in many ways from behind by certain individuals while 34.75% did not think so.
Concerning reports of an internal conflict in the People's Group, 41.22%believed the conflict was between individuals; 25.48% said it was a temporary misunderstanding in the group; 16.88% believed the conflict did exist; and, 6.42% thought it was only a deception.
The respondents were also asked to comment on various issues concerning the past activities and conduct of the People's Group, with each allowed to give more than one comment.
Some of their comments on certain issues, with splitting views, were as follows:
- 20.23% viewed the group as fighting by democratic means while 6.54% said it was doing out of democratic means with an aim to achieve victory;
- 16.20% thought the group had paid no respect to the laws while 2.51%said it had;
- 9.89% said it had infringed on the rights and human dignity of other people while 8.90% said it had paid due respect to other people on this issue;
- 9.13% said the group did not respect to or accept opinions deemed different from its own while 8.29%viewed it as giving respect to and accept different opinions; and
- 4.26% said the group had lied and distorted facts while 3.12% thought it adhered to facts and was reasonable.
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