Jakarta – A poll conducted by the Lingkaran Survei Indonesia (LSI) shows that at least 86.6 percent of 440 respondents opposed the government's plan to raise fuel prices.

Adjie Alfaraby, LSI's researcher, announced on Sunday that only 11.26 percent agreed with the policy that will commence in April, while 2.14 percent declined to vote.

"The majority of the respondents said that they were more against the government plan to raise the subsidized premium gasoline price rather than that other gas prices such as Pertamax, Pertamax plus or Solar gasoline. This is understandable because according to our survey, about 71.1 percent of our society have been using premium," Adjie said as quoted by kompas.com.

The government has confirmed that it will raise the price of subsidized premium gasoline by between Rp 1,000 and Rp 1,500 per liter from the current price of Rp 4,500 (50 US cents) in April.

According to Adjie, the survey was conducted from March 5 to March 8 with 440 respondents that were picked randomly.

He added that previous polls conducted by the LSI also showed that a public majority was against the fuel price hike. The LSI poll conducted in 2004 showed that at least 82.3 percent respondents opposed the government policy to raise gasoline prices. About 75.1 percent respondents were also against the policy in the 2008 poll. (asa)