Faced with rising unemployment and growing public disenchantment, the president needs all the allies he can muster.

Rudeness, unanswered calls and stations that are shut have fuelled public disenchantment with the police, a leading officer said yesterday.

The visual impact was disastrous, fuelling public disenchantment among ordinary people who were already angered by being told to vote for something that they did not understand.

Liberal cabinet ministers acknowledged the public disenchantment.

Her conviction on charges of using government machinery for her election campaign galvanized her political opposition and public disenchantment against her policies.