Jakarta – The public says the 2004-2009 House of Representatives has performed unsatisfactorily, a new survey reveals.

"Only 52 percent of respondents were satisfied with legislators' performance," Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI) senior researcher Burhanuddin Muhtadi said Thursday at a press conference at the House. "This means the public has rated the legislators C- or D+."

The survey was conducted in two segments. The first segment surveyed the general public from the lower income bracket. Sixty percent of the total 1,240 respondents had only an elementary school education.

The second segment was aimed at those from the middle and higher income brackets. Using this method, the LSI surveyed 410 respondents.

"The percentage I was talking about previously was the one from the first segment of survey," Burhanuddin said. "Respondents from the second segment had an even more scathing evaluation of the House, because they were mostly more critical and well-informed."

The survey showed 59.7 percent of second-segment respondents were disappointed with the legislators' performance.

Priyo Budi Santoso, chairman of the Golkar Party at the House, said that as a legislator, he would take the survey's results in stride. "The difficult thing about being part of the House is that when one of us messes up, all the legislators get hit by the fallout," he said. (hdt)