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BY PRINCE GOLEZ
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte’s trust and approval ratings declined but a top presidential communications official and a senator said there is nothing to worry about.
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey said the President’s satisfaction rating dropped to 48 percent from 66 percent in June.
His trust rating also lowered to 61 percent from 75 percent, the SWS survey conducted from Sept. 23 to 27 showed.
The drop was expected because the “honeymoon period” was over, according to the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).
“Despite this ay nasa ‘good’ pa rin ang kanyang satisfaction at iyong public trust ay nasa ‘very good,’” said PCOO secretary Martin Andanar.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said this was just “part of the cycle of politics.”
“Historical data show that presidents usually experience a dip in trust and approval ratings after their first year in office,” he said.
“What is clear in the survey results is that the Filipino people continue to trust the President and approve of his performance,” he added.
But Gatchalian advised the executive branch not to get complacent.
“I encourage the President and his administration to view these survey results as a constructive challenge to do more for the Filipino people,” he said.
“Corruption, poverty and police impunity are three important issues that deserve more attention,” Gatchalian said.
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the ratings drop was a “wake-up call.”
The government better take a second look at its policies and the way it enforces them, stressed Drilon. “Kung walang pagbabago sa mga susunod na surveys baka magpatuloy ito (ratings decline).”
Andanar assured that the Duterte administration will use the survey results as a “barometer” for its next steps.
“Ito po ay magsisilbing gabay pa rin sa administrasyon na talagang tumutok sa trabaho, sa reporma at pagbabago para maibsan ang kahirapan ng ating mga kababayan,” the communications official said./PN
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