Trust in the Institutions Overseeing and Controlling Security Institutions The democratic governance of the security sector presumes a clear segregation of the roles of the security institutions and agencies responsible for their control and oversight, specifically executive and parliamentary institutions. In terms of trust in the government, the survey results show that a slightly higher percentage of citizens, 54.5%, say they have a lot or some trust in the government in improving their security. Some 45.4% say they have little or no trust at all. No significant differences are seen compared to 2019. How much trust do you have in the government for the improvemeent of security? 40 35 30 25 21.26 20.5 20 15 10 5 0 A lot 32.21 34.0 Somewhat 25.0 21.7 A little 24.13 20.4 Not at all 0.72 0.2 Don’t know 2019 2020 Graph 84. Perception of trust in the government. Overall, the percentage of citizens who say that they have a lot or some trust in the Ministry of Defence, 57.7%, is higher than the percentage of those who place this level of trust in the government. However, when compared to 2019, one can note a decrease of 7.7 percentage points of those who say they have a lot of trust. Regardless, the percentage of citizens who say they have little or no trust in the Ministry of Defence is 41.3%, a very high figure. 84