President Rodrigo Duterte. ACE MORANDANTE/ Presidential Photo
Malacañang is no longer surprised with the high net satisfaction rating of President Rodrigo Duterte a day before he marks his first 100 days in office.
In the first Social Weather Stations survey to measure public satisfaction with Duterte, the President got 64 percent or “very good” net satisfaction rating, the second highest among post-Edsa presidents.
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“This is not surprising at all as the President was overwhelmingly elected in the May polls on the strength of his platform of ‘tunay na pagbabago’ or real change anchored on a strong anti-drugs, anti-crime and anti-corruption agenda,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement on Thursday.
Andanar said the high satisfaction rating of Duterte “shows very clearly that the majority of the Filipino people approve of his performance in his first three months in office.”
The Palace, official, however, acknowledged that much work needs to be done.
“While the Duterte administration’s performance in the past three months is exemplary, this is not the time for complacency,” he said.
“There is much work to be done not only in eliminating the scourge of illegal drugs and crime, but also in fighting poverty and improving the lives of the underprivileged and the powerless,” he added.
Andanar asked Filipinos to support Duterte’s reform agenda.
“More than ever, we ask for the full support of all Filipinos behind the President’s reform agenda so that we can achieve lasting peace and prosperity in the years ahead,” he said.
In a Palace briefing, Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the survey showed that Filipinos still trust the President and the country is “off to a very good start.”
“Apparently the perception of people is that he is doing his job, that the people trust what he is doing. It simply is saying in spite of…the nation still trusts our President,” Abella said. CDG