The public views the rice pledging scheme is the least transparent programme of the government, according to a new Abac Poll survey.
The pollsters at Assumption University sought opinions on government project transparency from 1,507 people in 17 provinces nationwide between June 25 and 28.
Abac Poll reported that 85% of the respondents believed the rice scheme was the least transparent programme, followed by credit cards for farmers (71.6%), community and village funds (68.6%) and water resources management (67.1%).
The government this week completed inspections of all 2,071 warehouses involved in the rice-pledging scheme and said it found only 26 cases where the rice in storage did not match the amount claimed. The total discrepancy amounted to 1.25% of all rice in storage, officials said.
A total of 94.8% of respondents agreed that people should take part in evaluating the performance of all government projects, but 5.2% disagreed.
The pollsters also asked respondents what kind of news they wanted to hear about the most, and 90.2% said leadership, sacrifice and transparency in handling projects by politicians; 88.1% said they wanted to hear about peace in the far South, 85.4% said peace in the country overall, and 83% said economic improvement and low cost of living.