Weekly Report - 31 August 2017 (WR-17-34)

As attempts continue to resolve a teachers’ strike which has dragged on for more than two months, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is seeing a sharp fall in his opinion poll ratings. According to a poll by Gfk for the national daily La República, President Kuczynski’s approval rating has fallen to 19%, its lowest point since he took office in mid-2016. The other side of the same coin is that his disapproval rating rose to 77% in August, amid the disruption caused by the teachers’ strike. Although Education Minister Marilú Martens reached a pre-agreement on raising teachers’ salaries, one group of teachers’ representatives led by Pedro Castillo has refused to accept a proposal that would force the dismissal of teachers who fail a professional aptitude test three times.

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