The Baltic News Service / - BNS
VILNIUS,Lithuania — Lithuanians have a lot of trust in firefighters and the education system, and public trust in the Seimas and government has increased slightly, a survey by public opinion and market research company Vilmorus for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, carried out on Dec. 7-17, showed on Saturday.
90.5 percent of people surveyed have trust in firefighters. Despite being in the bottom of the list, the Seimas and Cabinet moved up the ladder a bit over a month. 20.5 percent of people now say they trust the government, compared to 14.7 percent in November. Trust in the Seimas grew to 11.5 percent, compared to 6.6 percent.
People have least trust in political parties, with 6.4 percent saying they trust parties, compared to 5.8 percent in November.
Meanwhile 53 percent trust firefighters, followed by the army (53.9 percent), the Church (52.3 percent), the SoDra (State Social Insurance Fund) (52.1 percent), the Constitutional Court (44.5 percent), the healthcare system (46.3 percent), the police (42.2 percent), the media (38.7 percent). The ratings of these institutions remain fairly unchanged.
42.2 percent trust Presidential Office, down from 48.1 percent in November.
28.4 percent of people have trust in state ombudsmen, followed by municipalities (29.2 percent), prosecutors (21.6 percent) and courts (21 percent). 31.1 percent have trust in banks. Prosecutors and courts’ ratings dropped from 16.8 and 16 percent respectively.
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