Public split on who’s to blame for repeated lack of House quorum: poll

The general public is divided on which MPs and officials should be held responsible for the repeated lack of quorum in the House, resulting in the abandonment of many sessions in February, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

The poll was conducted via telephone interviews between Feb 8-10 with 1,310 people aged 18 and over of various levels of education and occupations throughout the country.

Asked who they thought should be held responsible for the no-shows of so many MPs, with each respondent allowed to give more than one answer, the results were as follows:

• 43.44% blamed it on government MPs;
• 42.37% said…