62% of Peruvians say fight against corruption should be next Congress' priority

10:42 | Lima, Nov. 21.

62% of Peruvians say that fight against corruption should be lawmakers' priority for new Congress, according to Ipsos Peru survey published by El Comercio newspaper.

According to the study, the second most important issue of concern should be citizen security (57%), followed by education (55%) and health (48%).

Respondents said that other issues that should be given priority attention are the justice system reform (20%), the labor reform (19%), the mining law (17%), and the political reform (15%).

Other priority topics include social conflicts (14%), dissolution of previous Congress (10%), and the Agrarian Promotion Law (7%). Only 1% of those polled chose the "Others" response option.

As is known, the Executive Branch constitutionally dissolved Congress on September 30 and called for parliamentary elections to be held on January 26, 2020.

Technical details

National Urban-rural poll conducted by Ipsos Peru.

Publishing newspaper: El Comercio.

Registration Number: 0001-REE/JNE.

Type of sampling applied: Multistage probability sampling

Sample size: 1,199 respondents.

Fieldwork period: November 13 to 15, 2019.

Margin of error: +/- 2.83%.

Confidence level: 95%.

Target population: men and women aged 18 and above.

Website: www.ipsos.pe