Another survey, this time by the Indonesian Voice Network (JCI), concluded that the public approval rating of the performance of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dropped to 53.2 percent this month.

The figure has fallen substantially from 70 percent in January 2010 and 62 percent in October 2010, JCI executive director Widdi Aswindi told a press conference announcing the survey results in Jakarta on Sunday. "This does not indicate positive perceptions," Widdi said, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

The survey also measured the public approval of Vice President Boediono's performance, which was recorded as 45 percent in October, down from 49 percent in October 2010 and 51 percent in January 2010.

Widdi said the declining approval ratings were attributable to a number of factors, including graft cases that have emerged during Yudhoyono's second term and failures of both the President and the Vice President to fulfill their campaign promises.

A recent survey by the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) showed similar results, although it put the President's public approval rating this month at only 46 percent.