Poll: PM sees massive dip in approval rating, down to 46pct

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad suffered a significant slide in public approval, down 37 percent, as the Pakatan Harapan coalition approaches one year in office, according to the Merdeka Center.

Releasing the result of their March survey, the Merdeka Center revealed that Mahathir, who scored a high of 83 percent last May not long after taking office, has seen his popularity drop to just 46 percent.

This also represented a sizable drop from the 71 percent approval rating he scored in August, last year, as Pakatan Harapan approached 100 days in government.

The ruling coalition did not fare any better with the pollster revealing that approval rating for Harapan government fell from 79 percent to 39 percent from May 31, 2018, to March 11, 2019.

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