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MANILA, Philippines – Little has changed in the performance and trust ratings of the country’s top officials, with President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay still having the approval and trust of a majority of Filipinos.
Pulse Asia said the top two officials, along with Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., and Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, have almost stationary ratings between January and February this year, based on the firm’s latest survey released Wednesday, March 20.
Aquino has a 68% approval rating, up just 2 percentage points from the January 2013 survey result (66%). His “undecided” rating went down 4 percentage points, while his disapproval rating is still at 6%.
Binay saw his approval rating jump by one percentage point, from 69% to 70% – still the highest approval rating among the 5 officials. His disapproval rating remained the same (5%), and his “undecided” rating declined 1 percentage point.
Enrile’s approval rating remained at 46%, a near majority, as Belmonte’s dropped by a percentage point and Sereno’s rise by 2 percentage points.
Sereno and Belmonte both continue to have a majority “undecided” rating (48% and 49%, respectively), changing little between January and February.
Trust rating
The only noticeable change in the trust ratings of the top officials are the 5 percentage points decline in Belmonte’s trust rating (from 28% to 23%), with a consequent rise in his distrust rating (21% to 25%).
The rest of the officials saw minimal changes in their trust/distrust ratings.
Pulse Asia noted that the “performance and trustworthiness of the country’s top five government officials remains basically unchanged between January and February 2013.”
“This observation holds true not only at the national level but also across geographic areas and socio-economic classes,” the survey firm said.
On the other hand, only the Supreme Court is enjoying a majority trust rating, compared to the Senate and the House of Representatives.
As with the top officials, the trust ratings of the 3 institutions are generally unchanged between January and February 2013.
The survey was conducted from February 24 to 28, 2013, via face-to-face interviews, the firm said.
Some of the major events that occurred during the survey period were:
Election-related events: Mock elections, start of the national campaign period
The Sabah standoff
Release of the report on the Atimonan incident
Salvage operations for the USS Guardian in Tubbataha Reef
The 27th anniversary of the EDSA People Power revolution
A total of 1,800 registered voters aged 18 years old and above formed the pool of respondents, coming from across the country. The nationwide survey has a +/-2% margin of error at the 95% confidence level, Pulse Asia said.
The group said the survey was not commissioned by any group. – Rappler.com
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