Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Vice President Jejomar Binay’s net satisfaction rating fell nine points — from +42 in Q2 to +33 in Q3 — the biggest drop among other top government officials and government institutions included in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll.
Aside from Binay, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno net satisfaction ratings also fell, the poll results published by the SWS on Tuesday (October 6) showed.
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Belmonte’s net rating went down four points from +9 in Q2 to +5 in Q3, while Sereno’s slid down by 7 points from +11 in Q2 to +4 in Q3.
Among the four officials, only Senate President Franklin Drilon’s numbers enjoyed a double-digit rise of 13 points in net satisfaction from +29 last June to +42 in September.
The survey, however, showed that 58 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with the work of the vice president. He came second to Drilon with 61 percent of Filipinos satisfied with his work.
Despite the dip in numbers, the vice president’s camp is unfazed.
Atty. Rico Quicho, Binay’s spokesperson for political affairs, said on Tuesday that the “results of the different surveys strengthen the resolve of the vice president to continue to fight for his pro-poor programs that he has started in Makati.”
Drilon, on the other hand, was thankful of the survey’s results. In a statement, the Senate president vowed that he will continue to lead the Senate as a reform-oriented institution whose works directly benefits the nation.
Senate, HOR, Cabinet satisfaction up
The SWS survey, conducted last September 2 to 5, asked public’s satisfaction with the vice president, Senate president, speaker of the House of Representatives (HOR), chief justice, and the top government institutions.
Out of the four government institutions included in the survey, only the Supreme Court’s net satisfaction rating fell with +27 in September from June’s +32.
The Senate, HOR, and the Cabinet all enjoyed a rise in net satisfaction with +44, +26, and +16, respectively.
Last June, their ratings were +33 for the Senate, +20 for the HOR, and +12 for the Cabinet.
