The Peo­ple's Part­ner­ship Gov­ern­ment has ex­pe­ri­enced an ero­sion of pop­u­lar­i­ty as re­sult of its cur­few, SoE, crime, per­ceived cor­rup­tion, the al­leged as­sas­si­na­tion plot against Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and three Cab­i­net min­is­ters and the seem­ing­ly ar­ro­gance of some min­is­ters. This was re­vealed in an opin­ion poll re­cent­ly con­duct­ed by Nac­ta. The poll showed, how­ev­er, that peo­ple still have faith in Per­sad-Bisses­sar and do not view the cur­rent PNM as a vi­able al­ter­na­tive. Asked if they are sat­is­fied with the per­for­mance of the Gov­ern­ment, on­ly three per cent an­swered in the af­fir­ma­tive, with 46 per cent say­ing no. Per­sad-Bises­sar, the poll re­vealed, still re­tains high pop­u­lar­i­ty rat­ings, es­pe­cial­ly among PP sup­port­ers, with Op­po­si­tion Leader Kei­th Row­ley see­ing his po­lit­i­cal stocks ris­ing due to his re­spons­es to the cur­few, SoE and the al­leged as­sas­si­na­tion plot.

A to­tal of 370 re­spon­dents were in­ter­viewed. The find­ings showed al­most 80 per cent of re­spon­dents was con­cerned about the re­cent spike in crime and the stalled econ­o­my. While vot­ers ap­plaud­ed Per­sad-Bisses­sar for try­ing dif­fer­ent strate­gies to curb crime, mov­ing the econ­o­my, and re­duc­ing un­em­ploy­ment, oth­ers agreed that mem­bers of her Cab­i­net and MPs are be­com­ing in­creas­ing­ly un­pop­u­lar. The poll rat­ed Per­sad-Bisses­sar's ap­proval at 56 per cent, as par­ty sup­port­ers give her the ben­e­fit of doubt over the cred­i­bil­i­ty of the as­sas­si­na­tion plot. Row­ley's ap­proval rat­ing was 40 per cent. Vot­ers over­whelm­ing do not feel there is need for a snap elec­tion.