(Eagle News) — In the latest Pulse Asia Survey released on Monday, January 9, Vice President Leni Robredo’s trust rating went down by 7 percent for the last quarter of 2016, dipping to 58 percent from the previous quarter’s 65 percent.
The survey fieldwork was conducted from December 6 to 11, 2016 using face-to-face interviews among the 1,200 randomly picked adult respondents, with a ± 3 margin of error at the 95-percent confidence level.
This covered the period after his resignation as chairman of the Housing and Urban Developement and Coordinating Council from President Duterte’s cabinet.
This was during the time when the President barred her from attending the Cabinet meetings due to “irreconcilable differences.”
But unlike Robredo, the trust rating of the President remained high at 83 percent. It was only down three percent from his previous national trust rating of 86 percent in September.
According to the poll, only 58 percent of the surveyed population said they trust Robredo. This was seven points lower compared to her 65% national trust in September 2016.
In addition, 62% of Filipinos said they were pleased with her performance as Vice-President, while 16% of the select population were dissatisfied. The rest, 23%, are still undecided.
As for Duterte’s performance, those surveyed gave him an 83 percent approval rating. Only five percent said they were unsatisfied and 13 percent said they are still undecided.
Other top national officials who were included in the latest Pulse Asia Survey for December 2016 is Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, who got a 50 percent trust rating and 55 percent approval score, also down from the 55 percent and 61 percent trust and approval rating in September; and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez who maintained his approval score of 43 percent. However, his trust rating went down to three points, settling at 38 percent.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Supreme Court Chief Justice, however, rated one percent higher this year, getting a 47 percent satisfaction rating and 13 percent trust rating compared to the 10 percent trust score she got in September.
In a comparative survey for the trust and approval of the three main government offices, the Senate got 58 percent approval score and 57 percent trust rating, the highest among the three as compared to the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court that acquired 51 percent and 55 percent approval scores, and 51 percent and 53 percent trust ratings respectively.
Below is the chart index for the Approval and Trust Ratings of Top National Officials and the three Government Institutions based on the most recent Pulse Asia Survey for December 2016.
(Photos are courtesy of the Pulse Asia Survey)
