Confidence in constitutional institutions

For several months already Czech citizens have been expressing the highest level of confidence in the president of our country. He is regarded as trustworthy by three quarters of the respondents. In our September survey the most significant rise of the level of confidence was recorded in case of the government, now trusted by more than a third of the respondents. The least trustworthy institutions are both chambers of the Parliament. The Chamber of Deputies is viewed as trustworthy by approximately one quarter of citizens and the Senate by only one fifth. As for regional and local councils, the Czech Republic citizens’ confidence remains stable. In September 2004 42 % of interviewees trusted their regional council and 59 % trusted to their local council.