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Opinion poll in the UAE
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Yousef al-Sharif
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25 May 2022
We often hear news about an opinion poll in a particular country that showed a certain result, or another opinion poll about a specific government decision, which led to its change, replacement, or reversal, or even a poll that sheds light on a specific societal situation or behavior, but we rarely find this matter in UAE, do the laws not allow this?
Or is there a problem in dealing with this matter?
Or is it a defect in our research institutions and their ability to organize such surveys and the strength of their impact?
With regard to laws, there is nothing to prevent this, as long as they will not affect the security and peace of the community. As for our research institutions, yes, there is a deficiency in the ability of some or most of them to organize this matter in the appropriate manner and manner, and herein lies the problem.
In our Emirati society, we have a lot of societal behaviors, or some phenomena, that we need to poll in, to know their causes, and work to find solutions for them. Of course, there are many variables in the living, life or even social systems, in which we also need an opinion poll that introduces us to societal developments. What happened to us, and whether it is in our interest or not, but such information or data does not exist unfortunately, and such things are rarely available in our society.
In my opinion, technology, its means, systems and platforms, will provide us with many solutions in this aspect, if they are used correctly and effectively, and there is nothing to prevent our institutions, ministries and bodies from organizing an opinion poll, in which their dealers participate, to express their opinion on what they want services or problems They face them, and based on these results, the concerned institutions take their decisions, or settle certain matters, which are the subject of this study. Praise be to God, our technological systems in the country are advanced, and we have comprehensive databases on the Emirati society, and we have all modern means, which enable us to study cases, Using exploratory models, in which certain groups of society participate, and I find that such matters must be exploited to support our democratic process, and allow the people to participate in expressing their opinion in a civilized and peaceful manner, commensurate with the progress we are making in our state, which is always a pioneer in finding advanced models at work. governmental and regulatory authorities.
Also, there is nothing to prevent our media institutions from preparing some surveys to be used in their own reports, or investigative analyzes, that discover a specific societal situation. And it is possible to use social media, or some websites, through which these surveys can be carried out in an easy and simple way, whether for the participants, or even for the media organization.
Activating the role of polls is an important requirement to improve the life of our society, and its results often help or contribute to the delivery of a lot of information and data to decision-makers, and help them to know what society needs from their institutions or ministries, and our government, and, praise be to God, the future government, and strives to share society’s future, and works Always improving his life, and surveys will create a unique experience for us in providing us with accurate information about our society, and the problems and changes it faces, so that we can find the appropriate, most realistic, and closest solutions to the truth.
• Technology, its means, systems and platforms, will provide us with many solutions if used correctly.
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