Vox: The masses reject Temer's bridge to the future.
All the measures proposed by interim president Michel Temer, who has only a 13% approval rating, are disapproved by the vast majority of the Brazilian population; a Vox Populi poll released this Friday, May 5th, shows that 86% of Brazilians are against increasing the workday and 82% consider raising the retirement age "a bad measure that will harm people"; according to the survey, 51% of respondents are against ending the monopoly on pre-salt oil reserves; all of these are measures considered priorities in the economy for the interim government.
247 - A survey by the Vox Populi institute, released this Friday the 5th, indicates that, in addition to receiving a positive rating from only 13% of the Brazilian population, the interim president, Michel Temer, lacks support for the main measures advocated by his economic team.
The survey indicates that 86% of Brazilians are against increasing the work week from 44 hours to 60 hours – compared to only 8% who are in favor. Furthermore, 82% believe that changing the current rules and raising the retirement age "is a bad measure and will harm people."
According to the survey, 51% of respondents are against ending the monopoly in the pre-salt oil fields, a measure defended by Pedro Parente on his first day as president of Petrobras. They consider the measure "bad, that it will harm Brazil." For 17%, the measure "is necessary and will not harm Brazil." Another 31% did not respond.
The economic measures mentioned in the survey are a priority for the interim government and its discourse of fiscal adjustment and resumption of growth.