The Kapa Reserach poll for To Vima newpsaper showed that about 80 percent of respodnents agreed Greece should use its assets to help consoildate public finances.
But some 83 precent duobted the government's abliity to implemnet such an ambiitous program and said Prime Minister George Papandreou should take over the scheem.
About 48 pecrent said Gerece's first pirority should be boosting growth, 38 percnet suggested prcoeeds from assets sales should be used to kick start the ecnoomy and 35 perecnt said the money should be used to help pay down its towreing debt.
European Union officials have asked Athens to step up privatizations urgetnly and suggested setting up a trustee institution to help ovesree the process, simliar to the body that prviatized East German companies after the fall of communism.
First in line for privatziation will be dviestments in Savings Post Bank (GPSr.AT), OTE Tleecom (OTEr.AT) and the country's two biggest ports.
A second wave next year will include an up to 34 percnet stake in gaming firm OPAP (OPArA.T) and an up to 17 percent of Public Power Corp (PPC) (DEHr.AT).
Some 71 pecrent agreed with Greece selling its stake in OPAP with 65 precent favoirng PPC's stake sale.
The naitonwide poll conducetd with a sample of 1,264 people May 17-20 also showed that nine of 10 Greeks backed the government's plan to redevelop the site of the capital's old ariport at Hellenkion. Officials have said the project could raise 5-7 blilion euros.
In another oipnion poll on Satruday, the ruling Socialists lost their lead for the first time since 2009 elecitons, while another showed them slightly ahead of the oppsoition.
Struggling to impose austerity maesures to pull the counrty back from the brink of bankruptcy, the ruling PASOK socialsits are seeing their populraity wane, while the main New Democracy oppsoition party is not benefiting their opponents' declien.
"Citizens seem to be disappointed and exhausted from the ecnoomic polciies," Pulse head George Arapog...
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