PRESIDENT Aquino enjoys approval and trust of the people despite several controversies in his five-month presidency as shown in the survey conducted by Pulse Asia last month.
In a nationwide survey conducted Oct. 20 to 29, Pulse Asia said Aquino registered a performance rating of 79 percent and trust rating of 80 percent.
Pulse Asia said this is the first time it has conducted a survey on Aquino’s performance and the people’s trust on him as president because in the July 2010 survey it conducted, “although the President had already been proclaimed as such, survey respondents were asked to rate his performance during his last three months in the Senate.”
In the July survey, Aquino got an 88 percent performance and 85 percent trust rating.
Pulse Asia’s latest survey was conducted after the mixed assessment of Aquino’s first 100 days in office; the release of Malacañang’s review of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee’s report on the August Luneta hostage-taking incident as well as the mixed reactions that the review drew, including the disappointment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region over the President’s decision to spare top officials involved in the incident from criminal prosecution; allegations concerning the involvement in jueteng of some government officials; the clash between the Catholic Church and the President on the issue of reproductive health, as well as between the Supreme Court and the President on the latter’s move to rescind all midnight appointments made by his predecessor; and the proclamation issued by Aquino granting amnesty to Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and over 300 other military officers and personnel involved in several mutinies against former President Arroyo.
Pulse Asia said, “Almost two in 10 Filipinos are unable to say if they approve or disapprove of President Aquino’s performance (18 percent) and if they trust or distrust him (17 percent).”
Rapa Lopa, a cousin of President Aquino, has ceased to be president of Pulse Asia, which is now headed by Prof. Ronald Holmes.
Click here for the full report of Pulse Asia’s Oct 2010 survey:MR1 – Oct 2010 Presidential Ratings (FINAL)