60% say Aragalaya didn’t result in aspirations of people being fulfilled

Approximately 60% of the public do not believe that the ‘Aragalaya’ movement led to the wishes and aspirations of the people being fulfilled, a new survey by Verité Research has found.

To the question ‘Do you think the Aragalaya led to the wishes and aspirations of the people being fulfilled?’, 60% responded with ‘mostly no’, 11% with ‘mostly yes’, while 29% said they have ‘no opinion’.

Moreover, 51% of the respondents said that corrupt and bad governance needs to be fixed in order to rebuild Sri Lanka, one year since Aragalaya protestors vacated Galle Face Green on 10 August 2022.

The respondents were also asked, ‘Out of the following statements, which one would you endorse the most?’

In order to rebuild the country, it is necessary to give priority to stability over democratic space
In order to rebuild the country, it is necessary to fix corrupt and bad governance
In order to rebuild the country, it is necessary to change the economic system

A majority of the respondents – 51% believe that it is necessary to fix corrupt and bad governance. 34% desire a change in the economic system and 15% consider it necessary to give priority to stability over democratic space.