Brasília, 8/28/2003 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - According to the latest National Confederation of Transportation (CNT) / Sensus poll, 48.3% of those interviewed in August had a positive opinion of the Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva government, compared to 46.3% in the prior survey. The positive opinion of the president himself dropped slightly, from 77.6% to 76.7%.

This was the 64th CNT/Sensus opinion poll. Two thousand people were interviewed between the 20th and 22nd of August in 195 municipalities around the country.

In analyzing the survey, the CNT president, Clésion Andrade, declared that Lula's personality and ability to communicate, along with the reduction of the country's key interest rate and the approval of the social security reform bill in congress contributed to the positive rating. (AB)