Vice President Jejomar Binay INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Unlike President Benigno Aquino III whose public satisfaction ratings increased, other top government officials, including Vice President Jejomar Binay, saw their ratings drop slightly in the third quarter, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
Based on the SWS’ 3rd Quarter Social Weather survey, conducted between September 4 and 7, Binay’s ratings decreased by six percentage points—from +69 in June (78 percent satisfied minus 9 percent dissatisfied) to +63 (72 percent satisfied minus 9 percent dissatisfied)—still considered “very good” by the SWS.
Ratings for Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile fell 4 percentage points to a +35 (52 percent satisfied, 18 percent dissatisfied) from the previous +39 (56 percent satisfied, 18 percent dissatisfied), both “good,” according to the SWS.
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte’s public satisfaction ratings also dropped by 6 percentage points, from a “moderate” +15 (37 percent satisfied, 22 percent dissatisfied) in the previous report to a “neutral” +9 (33 percent satisfied, 24 percent dissatisfied) in the latest survey.
Of the public officials in the survey, only Chief Justice Renato Corona’s ratings remained unchanged at “neutral” zero with 28 percent satisfied and another 28 percent dissatisfied, compared to 27 percent satisfied and 27 percent dissatisfied in the previous survey.
In the same survey, Mr. Aquino’s satisfaction ratings rose to a “very good” +56 (70 percent satisfied, 14 percent dissatisfied) from a “good” +46 (64 percent satisfied, 18 percent dissatisfied).
The SWS said the President’s ratings bounced back to “very good” with seven of 10 Filipinos surveyed expressing satisfaction with his performance.
Mr. Aquino’s latest ratings were six percent higher that his 64 percent score in June.
The net satisfaction rating is the difference between the percentage of satisfied responses and the percentage of dissatisfied responses.
The same survey also found that there were minimal changes in the net satisfaction ratings of the country’s top institutions.
The Senate had an increase of three percentage points from a “good” +47 (64 percent satisfied, 16 percent dissatisfied) to a “very good” +50 net satisfaction rating (63 percent satisfied, 14 percent dissatisfied).
The Supreme Court also had a three-percentage point increase, staying in the “moderate” category with a +29 rating (49 percent satisfied, 20 percent dissatisfied) from a previous +26 (50 percent satisfied, 24 percent dissatisfied).
With 49 percent satisfied and 19 percent dissatisfied, the House of Representatives registered a net satisfaction rating of “good” +31, which was the same as the results of the previous survey, while ratings for the entire Cabinet was barely unchanged from +25 (45 percent satisfied, 21 percent dissatisfied) to +24 (44 percent satisfied, 20 percent dissatisfied)
The latest SWS survey was conducted using face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adults nationwide. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
In a statement, the Office of the Vice President said that Binay still “scored highest” among the top officials included in the survey.
Binay, who is known to be planning to seek the presidency in 2016, said he was not alarmed by his ratings drop.
“There were just more people who were undecided. Those who were dissatisfied did not increase,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Philippine Business Conference Wednesday. Inquirer Research and Jerry E. Esplanada
Originally posted at 03:39 pm | Wednesday, October 12, 2011