MANILA, Philippines — Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. on Sunday lauded Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez for the latest high survey rating received by the House of Representatives.
An Octa research poll held last July 22 to 26 and released on August 21 showed that 54 percent of respondents were satisfied with the performance of the lower chamber.
The survey was conducted on 1,200 adult respondents with a margin of error of +/- three percent.
“This simply means the Speaker —and that includes us representatives of our institution— is on the right track. Regardless of what naysayers have been saying, the people have apparently started appreciating the work that he did, and of course with us as support group,” Barzaga said, who is also chairman of the House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
“Just like in basketball, we already did good in the first half of the game. So now, we will keep and even step up the pace until the end of the race,” he furthered, noting that the rating is an indication that the House has “started on the right path.”
Barzaga assured that they will continually pass measures that will alleviate the suffering of the public, particularly those living below the poverty line.