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NewsWhore
05-13-2011, 04:20 PM
The 29-30 April Gallup-Hoy poll reveals that 75% of the general public believes that the Fernandez administration's efforts to combat crime have been deficient. Only 19% feel the government has been effective.

After drug dealers began to pay their local associates with drugs, crime has escalated to unprecedented highs locally. Making matters worse, evidence points to the infiltration of high-ranking military and political and government officials by traffickers, yet very few senior figures who have facilitated the trafficking have been uncovered.

To the question of how much success would you say the government of Leonel Fernandez has had in the struggle against drug trafficking, much, little or none?

In the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, where drug trafficking levels are higher, 31.6% said no success, 45.2% said very little success, and only 19.2% said much success, or a 76.8% rejection rate of government efforts.

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