Despite being regarded by his supporters as a highly qualified technocrat, in a recent opinion poll by a private higher education college, ABAC, he was seen as being less competent than Thaksin.

• 尽管他的支持者肯定他是一位极为合格的兼有技术的政治家，然而在近期一项由民办高等教育专科学校ABAC进行的民意调查中显示，他的才干要逊于他信。