Philippine President's rating hits 79%
SOURCE: Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The survey, conducted from October 20 to 29 (December 6), showed that 79 per cent of the 1,200 respondents nationwide approved of Philippine President Aquino's performance. Three per cent disapproved of his performance and 18 per cent were undecided.
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SOURCE: Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The survey, conducted from October 20 to 29 (December 6), showed that 79 per cent of the 1,200 respondents nationwide approved of Philippine President Aquino's performance. Three per cent disapproved of his performance and 18 per cent were undecided.
This was the first Pulse Asia survey that evaluated Aquino's performance.
A total of 78 per cent of the respondents approved of Binay's performance. Three per cent disapproved of his performance and 20 per cent expressed ambivalence.
Malacanang (presidential palace) said Aquino's high approval rating was something that any head of state would aspire for.
"It's a rating that is high and we believe that the Filipino people repose their trust in the President and the official family," Aquino's spokesperson Edwin Lacierda told reporters.
Lacierda noted that the President's approval rating was much bigger than the 43 per cent of the votes Aquino obtained in the May elections.
In a statement he read to reporters, Lacierda said the survey showed that people could see efforts of the President and his team in "fulfilling (his) pledge to fight corruption and poverty".
"While there have been naysayers, the survey is an indication that the President and the public are in harmony as to national goals on the way to pursue reforms needed," he said.
Binay said his high approval rating, along with the President's, was an indication that Filipinos were more hopeful about the future.
"Vice President Binay gratefully acknowledges the people's support. He sees it as an expression of optimism and confidence that life will be better in the years to come," his media affairs head, Joey Salgado, said in a statement.
Salgado said the Vice President acknowledged that there was still much work to be done, particularly in "meeting the housing needs of our people and further strengthening government's capacity to protect the welfare of our overseas Filipino workers."
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile also scored high with an approval rating of 61 per cent, but this was a drop of 3 percentage points as he scored 64 per cent in the July survey. His disapproval rating dropped by 5 points (13 to 8 per cent), while public indecision toward his work (22 to 31 per cent) rose by nine points.
"Senate President Enrile is the only one among the country's top national government officials with comparative performance ratings for the period July to October. While President Aquino was also performance-rated in July, he was assessed as a senator and not yet as president," Pulse Asia said in a statement.
In addition to the top five government officials, 16 public officials were rated in the survey. Only four received an approval rating of more than 50 per cent - social welfare secretary Corazon Soliman (65 per cent), justice secretary Leila de Lima (60 per cent), Manila mayor Alfredo Lim (55 per cent) and health secretary Enrique Ona (52 per cent).
Given the survey's margin of error of 3 percentage points, the approval ratings of Soliman and De Lima were essentially the same, Pulse Asia said.
A total of 78 per cent of the respondents approved of Binay's performance. Three per cent disapproved of his performance and 20 per cent expressed ambivalence.
Malacanang (presidential palace) said Aquino's high approval rating was something that any head of state would aspire for.
"It's a rating that is high and we believe that the Filipino people repose their trust in the President and the official family," Aquino's spokesperson Edwin Lacierda told reporters.
Lacierda noted that the President's approval rating was much bigger than the 43 per cent of the votes Aquino obtained in the May elections.
In a statement he read to reporters, Lacierda said the survey showed that people could see efforts of the President and his team in "fulfilling (his) pledge to fight corruption and poverty".
"While there have been naysayers, the survey is an indication that the President and the public are in harmony as to national goals on the way to pursue reforms needed," he said.
Binay said his high approval rating, along with the President's, was an indication that Filipinos were more hopeful about the future.
"Vice President Binay gratefully acknowledges the people's support. He sees it as an expression of optimism and confidence that life will be better in the years to come," his media affairs head, Joey Salgado, said in a statement.
Salgado said the Vice President acknowledged that there was still much work to be done, particularly in "meeting the housing needs of our people and further strengthening government's capacity to protect the welfare of our overseas Filipino workers."
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile also scored high with an approval rating of 61 per cent, but this was a drop of 3 percentage points as he scored 64 per cent in the July survey. His disapproval rating dropped by 5 points (13 to 8 per cent), while public indecision toward his work (22 to 31 per cent) rose by nine points.
"Senate President Enrile is the only one among the country's top national government officials with comparative performance ratings for the period July to October. While President Aquino was also performance-rated in July, he was assessed as a senator and not yet as president," Pulse Asia said in a statement.
In addition to the top five government officials, 16 public officials were rated in the survey. Only four received an approval rating of more than 50 per cent - social welfare secretary Corazon Soliman (65 per cent), justice secretary Leila de Lima (60 per cent), Manila mayor Alfredo Lim (55 per cent) and health secretary Enrique Ona (52 per cent).
Given the survey's margin of error of 3 percentage points, the approval ratings of Soliman and De Lima were essentially the same, Pulse Asia said.
