Carried out by Assumption University on Friday and Saturday, the survey sought the opinions of 1,863 people living in the capital. The results were announced yesterday.

People were asked their thoughts on the work of the Supreme, Administrative and Constitution courts, representatives of which met on Friday and resolved to work within their authority to solve the political impasse following the April 2 election.

When asked if they had confidence in the Supreme Court, 70.2 per cent of respondents said yes while 15.9 per cent said no. The rest had no comment.

A similar proportion - 68.4 per cent - said they had confidence in the Administrative Court, while 15 per cent said they did not believe in the court. The rest had no comment.

Slightly fewer people - 62.7 per cent - said they had confidence in the Constitution Court, while 16.4 per cent said they did not. A fifth of those polled had no comment.

More than half the respondents - 51.4 per cent - said the Election Commission should resign if the April 2 election was nullified, while 15.5 per cent said it should not have to resign. The remaining 33.1 per cent had no comment.

Nearly half of the respondents - 47.1 per cent - said they wanted a "neutral" to be the next prime minister, while 11.3 per cent said they did not want a neutral and 41.6 per cent had no comment.

Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda came top of the list of "neutrals", followed by

former deputy prime minister Purachai Piumsombun, Supreme Court President Charnchai Likhitjittha and Administrative Court President Akarathorn Chularat.

More than half of respondents - 54.2 per cent - said they supported the policies of the Thai Rak Thai Party, while just 7.5 per cent said they favoured the policies of the Democrat Party and 17.6 per cent said they were not sure.