A majority of people agree to a proposal for the new constitution to ban people who fail to pay personal income tax from running in elections of all levels, according to an opinion poll by the National Institute for Development Administration, or Nida Poll. The poll was conducted on Jan 18-19 on 1,250 people aged 10 and over of various levels of education and occupations throughout the country to compile their opinions on the duties of the Thai people as proposed for the new constitution of which the draft is being finalised. Asked about a proposal to deprive people who fail to pay personal income tax of the right to run in elections of all levels, the majority, or 67.84%, agreed to it, 29.21% disagreed and the rest were uncertain. Concerning a proposal for people who exercise their voting right in all elections in each fiscal year to be entitled to a personal income tax reduction, the majority or 74.56% of the respondents agreed, 21.91% disagreed and the rest had no answers or were uncertain. Asked about a proposed provision to make it the Thai people's duty to exercise their voting rights in all the elections of all levels, 97.84% agreed and only 2% disagreed.A proposal for the constitution to make it the people's duty to protect and conserve the environment was agreed on by a high majority or 98.16% of the respondents.