Law and Order
Incidents of criminal activity: Respondents were asked if criminal activities (theft, robbery, murder, extortion, mastani, etc.) in their localities have increased or decreased during the tenure of this Government compared to the situation that prevailed under the previous elected Government. About 62 percent of the respondents maintained that the extent of criminal activity is now lower (47%) or is about the same (15%). In urban areas, however, 51 percent of respondents say criminal activity has increased while 49 percent say that it is about the same or lower.
Are incidents of criminal activity (theft, robbery, murder, extortion, mastani, etc.)
higher or lower in your locality now than during the tenure of the previous elected government?
How secure are citizens?
42 percent of respondents believe they are more secure now than during the tenure of the previous elected government. An additional 19 percent say the situation remains more or less unchanged. Opinion among different respondent categories is quite uniform.
Do you feel more secure or less secure now than you did during the tenure of the previous elected government?
Corruption
National Level
Approximately 50 percent of respondents believe that corruption at the national level has increased compared to the situation under the previous elected government. This percentage is almost uniform among all respondent categories.
Do you think corruption at the national level has increased or decreased compared to the situation under the previous elected government?
Local level
Respondents were asked to judge, in light of their own experience, whether corruption has decreased, increased, or stayed about the same in their localities compared to the situation under the previous elected Government. About 46 percent of respondents say that corruption has increased, 32 percent believe that it has declined, while 22 percent think it is about the same. One can reasonably say that the extent of corruption is about the same or higher now than during the tenure of the last elected Government.
Considering your own experience over the past four years, would you say that corruption has decreased, increased, or stayed about the same in your locality compared to the situation under the previous elected government?
Effectiveness of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC)
The ACC which shot into prominence as an effective body during the previous Caretaker Government regime appears to have lost much of its bite under the current Government. Respondents were asked to comment on its present effectiveness in identifying and reducing corruption. Approximately 60 percent of respondents consider that the ACC is no longer able to play an effective role in identifying and reducing corruption. This view is uniform among all respondent categories.
Do you think the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is now able to play an effective role in identifying and reducing corruption?
Quality of public services
Associated with corruption is the quality of public services. It is often said that while the extent of corruption is high, the quality of public services remains very poor. However, the survey reveals that more than 50 percent of respondents consider that the quality of public services provided by government offices (upazila, district offices) has improved compared to the situation under the previous elected Government. Only about one-fifth of respondents mention a deterioration.
Has there been an improvement or deterioration in the quality of public services at the local level
compared to the situation under the previous elected Government?
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