(UPDATE) THE satisfaction and trust ratings of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte and two other top officials of the government dropped to all-time lows during the fourth quarter, a non-commissioned survey by the Issues and Advocacy Center showed.
The non-commissioned fourth quarter Pulso ng Pilipino survey, conducted from Nov. 1 to Dec. 5, showed that the satisfaction ratings of Marcos and Duterte dropped to an all-time low of 33 percent and 32 percent, respectively, from 46 percent and 52 percent during the second-quarter survey conducted last June 10 to 17, 2024.
The same survey also showed a similar downspin to the satisfaction ratings of Senate President Francis Escudero and Speaker Martin Romualdez, with 37 percent and 20 percent, respectively, in stark contrast to the 53 percent and 42 percent they got, respectively, during the second quarter.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte. PNA photos by Alfred Frias
The center said the turbulent conditions precipitated by the political bickering involving the country’s top two officials, the damage caused by recent typhoons, reports of graft and corruption in high places, the unending impasse at the West Philippine Sea, unchecked inflation, and unfulfilled election promises all combined to trigger a steep drop in both the performance and trust ratings of the top five officials of the country.
In the same survey, the trust ratings of Marcos and Duterte plunged to 37 percent and 36 percent, respectively. Similarly, the trust ratings of Escudero hovered at 27 percent, while that of Romualdez was at 23 percent.
The Pulso ng Pilipino also said that one of the major factors in the perceptible decline in public confidence is due to the perceived lack of efficiency and competence in governance in the way the top two officials of the country have been performing their functions.
“Most glaring of these slip-ups was when the president himself boasted about the completion of 5,500 flood control projects and Typhoon Carina slammed into the Philippines, leaving 22 people dead and causing widespread flooding, landslides, power outages and 600,000 people displaced,” the survey company said.
Midway into the president’s term, the people have yet to see the retail price of rice drop to P20 per kilo, a major campaign promise.
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