Camelia Pasandaran – Less than 3 percent of Indonesians want to see more politicians than professionals in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's new cabinet, according to a new survey released by the Institute for Studies on the Free Flow of Information.

The institute, also known as the ISAI, polled 1,300 randomly selected citizens by telephone in 25 cities from Sept. 17 to 24 and has a margin of error of 5 percent.

ISAI research coordinator Ahmad Faisol said the results showed that people didn't want the executive government to be dominated by politicians. "Only 2.8 percent said the ministerial posts should be occupied mostly by politicians," he said.

Meanwhile, 40.1 percent of respondents said that cabinet positions should be filled only by professionals. "The survey shows that people have limited trust in the political parties," Ahmad explained.

The respondents also overwhelmingly said the new government should focus most of its energy on strengthening the economy. Ahmad said that nearly 70 percent of those polled thought that the government's main concern should be boosting development.

"Even many other significant factors, such as law enforcement, did not get much attention," he said. "Most people only want the government to improve economic conditions."

Around 12 percent of those polled said the government should focus on law enforcement. Thirteen percent called for the incoming ministers to focus more on national defense.