Only five percent consider it good or very good, the lowest positive rate for a Brazilian President since the country\u2019s return to democracy in the 1980\u2019s.<\/p>\n
The CNI (National Industry Confederation)-Ibope survey for the second quarter of 2017 was held between July 13 and 16, and interviewed 2,000 people in 125 municipalities.<\/p>\n
In the previous survey<\/a>, released in March 2017, ten percent of respondents rated the government as good or very good, 31 percent as regular, 55 percent as bad or very bad, and 4 percent did not know or did not respond.<\/p>\n According to CNI\u2019s Research and Competitiveness executive manager, Renato da Fonseca, the low popularity of the Temer government was influenced by the accusations of corruption<\/a> disclosed by businessman Joesley Batista earlier this year and the difficulties the government has been facing in the economic front.<\/p>\n \u201cThe economic situation certainly weighed (negatively) on the assessment of the President. While inflation and interest rates are falling, unemployment remains high and the population continue to see a rise in prices,\u201d Fonseca told journalists.<\/p>\n