Jakarta – Less than half of all Indonesians support the House of Representatives, a survey conducted in September by political pollster Indo Barometer has found.

The House scored 44.5 percent and the House of Regional Representatives Council by 48.8 percent trust ratings, lower than even the National Police – widely believed to be Indonesia's most corrupt institution.

The survey found the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has earned the highest level of public trust at 82 percent, the National Military at 81 percent, and President Joko Widodo with 78.6 percent.

Despite the high level of trust, Joko has a low level of public satisfaction with 51.1 percent of respondents declaring their dissatisfaction at the end of his first year in the presidency.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court, National Police, People's Consultative Assembly, and Attorney General's Office received a result of medium levels of trust by scoring 58.7 percent, 56.6 percent, 55.2 percent and 53.5 percent respectively.

"This clearly shows there are many Indonesians who do not believe in either institution [the House and the House of Regional Representatives Council] compared to the other institutions," M. Qodari, executive director at Indo Barometer, said in Jakarta on Thursday.

The House has faced criticism after a drafting revision to amend the law governing the powers of the KPK on Tuesday which would see cases which lose the state less than Rp 50 billion ($30.6 million) turned over to the Attorney General's Office or National Police for investigations. The KPK would have to gain permission from the courts to wiretap potential graft suspects under the revisions.

Six out of ten parties at the House – the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Golkar Party, National Democratic Party (NasDem), People's Conscience Party (Hanura), National Awakening Party (PKB) and United Development Party (PPP) – have aired their support for the revision and the President must now decide if the bill will be deliberated.

Indo Barometer conducted the survey from Sept. 14 to Sept. 22 with 1,200 respondents in 34 provinces across the country with a margin error of 3 percent.

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