Binay rating drops

source: philstar.com

MANILA, Philippines - Vice President Jejomar Binay’s net satisfaction rating dropped from an “excellent” +74 in March to a “very good” +69 in June, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

Results of the SWS poll, which were published this week in BusinessWorld, also showed drops in the satisfaction ratings of other ranking officials and minor gains for some government agencies.

Binay’s net score fell by five points to a “very good” +69, or 78 percent satisfied, nine percent dissatisfied, from an “excellent” +74 or 81 percent satisfied, seven percent dissatisfied in March.

Binay said he remained thankful for the people’s trust and support despite the slight decline in rating.

“The Vice President believes we should not lose focus from our main objective, to make life better for all Filipinos. He will continue to work for this objective,” Binay’s spokesman Joey Salgado said.

The SWS reported last month that President Aquino’s net rating dropped by five points to a “good” +46 (64 percent satisfied, 18 percent dissatisfied) from a “very good” +51 (69 percent satisfied, 18 percent dissatisfied) three months earlier.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile also suffered a four-point drop in his net score from +43 (62 percent satisfied, 18 percent dissatisfied) in March to +39 (56 percent satisfied, 18 percent dissatisfied) in June but the result remained in “good” territory.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.’s score also decreased by two points but stayed “moderate” at +15 (37 percent satisfied, 22 percent dissatisfied) from +17 (40 percent satisfied, 22 percent dissatisfied) previously.



Chief Justice Renato Corona was the only gainer among the four officials in the line of succession, with his rating improving to a “neutral” zero from the previous -4, also “neutral,” the SWS said.

Among the four government institutions rated in the survey, both the Cabinet and the House of Representatives saw a one-point improvement in their net satisfaction scores.

The Cabinet maintained a “moderate” score of +25 (45 percent satisfied, 21 percent dissatisfied, correctly rounded) from +24 (47 percent satisfied, 23 percent dissatisfied) previously. The SWS noted this was near the record high of +27 in June 1997 and March 1999.

The House’s score picked up to a still “good” +31 (50 percent satisfied, 20 percent dissatisfied) from +30 (50 percent satisfied, 20 percent dissatisfied), the survey said.

Public satisfaction with the Supreme Court dropped from 52 percent to 50 percent in June, but its net rating stayed at a “moderate” +26, the SWS said.

The Senate’s net score fell by two points to a still “good” +47 (64 percent satisfied, 16 percent dissatisfied) from +49 (65 percent satisfied, 16 percent dissatisfied) in March.

The SWS defines net satisfaction ratings of +70 and above as “excellent”; +50 to +69, “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; +10 to +29, “moderate”, +9 to -9, “neutral”; -10 to -29, “poor”; -30 to -49, “bad”; -50 to -69, “very bad”; -70 and below, “execrable.”

The survey was conducted from June 3 to 6 using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide. It had sampling error margins of plus or minus three percentage points for national and plus or minus six points for area percentages.

source: philstar.com