Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno (Photo by LYN RILLON / Philippine Daily Inquirer)
As she faces a looming impeachment from office, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the country’s top magistrate, obtained the lowest approval and trust rating among the government’s highest officials in the December 2017 survey of Pulse Asia.
Among the top Philippine government officials, Sereno got the highest disapproval and distrust ratings, with 26% and 33%, respectively, according to the Pulse Asia poll released on Monday morning.
In contrast, Filipinos are least inclined to disapprove of and distrust President Rodrigo Duterte, who got 7 percent and 6 percent, respectively, the survey said.
“(A)mbivalence is the plurality sentiment toward her performance (40%) while practically the same percentages of Filipinos either distrust her or express indecision on the matter of trusting or distrusting her (33% versus 38%),” the Pulse Asia said in its media release.
The nationwide survey conducted from December 10-15, and 17 last year was based on a sample of 1,200 representatives, using face-to-face interviews. It has a plus-minus three percent sampling error for national percentages. /kga