Pimentel thanks people for giving him high trust ratings

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III. (File photo from Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said on Thursday he was glad of his high trust ratings and thanked the people for trusting his leadership of the Senate.

Pimentel was reacting to his +49 net satisfaction rating in the fourth quarter survey made by the Social Weather Stations, which is up from three points or the +46 he got in the third quarter survey.

“My wish is that my colleagues in the Senate and I can keep [the people’s] trust in 2018 as we work harder to improve the quality of life for all,” Pimentel said in a statement.

The Senate president added that the Senate would work on the passage of five important measures in 2018:

• the anti-terrorism law
• a law creating the national ID system
• a law providing universal health care
• the Bangsamoro Basic Law
• a measure convening Congress as a constituent assembly to tackle charter change and pave the way for the shift to federalism

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