Duterte still most approved, trusted gov't official – Pulse Asia
MANILA, Philippines – Majority of Filipinos approve of and trust the government's top three officials, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey released Friday.
The June 2018 survey showed that President Rodrigo Duterte registered the highest aproval and trust ratings with 88 percent and 87 percent, respectively.
Vice President Leni Robredo (62 percent) and Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III (72 percent), former Senate president, also received majority approval scores. For their trust ratings, Robredo scored 56 percent while Pimentel got 64 percent.
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (Davao del Norte) obtained an approval rating of 47 percent and a trust score of 87 percent.
"At the national level, all four government officials experience gains in public approval for their performance during the period March to June 2018 – President Duterte (+8 percentage points), Vice President Robredo (+7 percentage points), former Senate President Pimentel (+11 percentage points) and House Speaker Alvarez (+6 percentage points)," Pulse Asia said.
Both Duterte and Pimentel scored majority approval ratings across geographic areas (83 percent to 99 percent and 66 percent to 81% percent, respectively) and socio-economic groupings (84 percent to 91 percent and 67 percent to 76 percent, respectively).
Meanwhile, Robredo enjoyed majority approval scores in every geographic area (56 percent to 73 percent) and in Classes D and E (both at 63 percent), according to Pulse Asia. Class ABC (41 percent) also expressed appreciation toward her work.
Alvarez only registered majority approval ratings in Mindanao, with 68 percent and from Class E with 52 percent.
Many Filipinos (45 percent) expressed indecision on whether to trust Maria Lourdes Sereno, who has been ousted as chief justice by fellow Supreme Court justices.
Filipinos trust Congress, Supreme Court
Meanwhile, the Senate (69 percent and 61 percent, respectively), House of Representatives (66 percent and 58 percent, respectively) and the Supreme Court (63 percent and 54 percent, respectively) all posted majority approval and trust ratings in the latest survey.
The survey also noted that trust is the predominant sentiment toward both chambers of Congress across geographic areas (52 percent to 72 percent and 52 percent to 67 percent, respectively) and socio-economic groupings (60 percent to 63 percent and 55 percent to 66%= percent, respectively).
The Supreme Court also enjoyed majority trust ratings in most geographic areas and socio-economic classes.
Compared to the first quarter, the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court registered higher overall approval ratings in June.
The survey was conducted from June 15 to 21 among 1,800 adult respondents. The nationwide survey has a 2-percent error margin at the 95-percent confidence level.
"Pulse Asia Research's pool of academic fellows takes full responsibility for the design and conduct of the survey, as well as for analyses it makes based on the survey data. In keeping with our academic nature, no religious, political, economic, or partisan group influenced any of these processes," Pulse Asia said.
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