MANILA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is challenged to perform even better after receiving a “good” rating from the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a statement that the Chief Executive welcomed the +40 net satisfaction rating he attained during the survey period last June.
“While we are elated by this validation of our hard work, we view it more as a challenge to do even better,” the PCO said. “Indeed, positive ratings always encourage us, but we remain focused on improving the key metrics that fulfill our promises to the people.”
President Marcos’ numbers from the latest SWS survey rating was an improvement from the “moderate” +29 it got last March, but a downgrade from the “excellent” +52 in December 2023.
The survey, which was conducted from June 23 to July 1, showed that 62% of Filipinos were satisfied, 15% were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 22% were dissatisfied with the performance of the national government.
“We take the high road in our efforts, not merely to seek popularity, but to render genuine and effective service that improves our people’s lives, strengthens our nation and secures our future,” the PCO said.
“More than the results of any opinion poll, this is the true reward and reaffirmation we seek,” it added.
Based on SWS’ Governance Report Card, which rates the national government on 15 specific performance subjects, the Marcos administration was “very good” on three subjects, “good” on five subjects, “moderate” on three subjects, “neutral” on two subjects, and “poor” on two subjects.
The PBBM admin is rated “very good” in helping victims of disasters (+64), improving the quality of children’s education (+62), and helping the poor (+51)
The current government was rated “good” in implementing housing programs for the poor (+47), developing science and technology (+46), creating policies that will generate job opportunities (+45), ensuring an efficient public transportation system (+38), and ensuring food security (+35)
However, they are “moderate” in preparing for problems being caused by climate change (+29), defending Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (+22), and ensuring that no family will ever be hungry and have nothing to eat (+18).
They were also rated “neutral” fighting crimes that victimize ordinary citizens, like killings, holdups, robberies, physical violence, etc. (-2) and ensuring that oil companies do not take advantage of oil prices (-3), and “poor” in eradicating graft and corruption in government (-10) and fighting inflation (-16)./PN
