Martinelli approval ratings continue downward slide

Corruption and the break up of the  ruling coalition  helped continue President, Ricardo Martinelli’s  public approval rating on its downward slide according to the latest poll.

He lost eight points between June and October this year, a period marked by allegations of corruption in the delivery of property titles, and the breakdown of the political alliance that brought him  to power in 2009.

A survey commissioned by La Prensa and conducted by Unimer For Leadership Research reveals that the President's acceptance rate is at 56.1%, down from his June rating of  64.1%.

In October 2009, the President recorded an acceptance rate of 85.9%.

The survey was administered to 2002 thousand people (with a margin of error of plus or  2.8 percentage points) between October 13 and 16 October.