SWS: Duterte admin's satisfaction rating rises to 'excellent'

MANILA (UPDATE) — Public satisfaction with the administration of President Rodrigo has risen to "excellent", according to an opinion survey released Friday.

The administration scored a net satisfaction rating of +73 in Social Weather Stations' survey of 1,200 respondents from Dec. 13 to 16, 2019.

This score qualifies as "excellent", the highest rating in the SWS scale. It was 6 points higher than the "very good" +67 in September 2019, SWS said.

Net satisfaction is the difference between the satisfaction and dissatisfaction scores. In the most recent survey, 81 percent said they were satisfied with the President, 7 percent were dissatisfied and 12 percent were undecided.

RATINGS ACROSS REGIONS, SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASSES

The 6-point gain in the Duterte administration's net satisfaction rating between September to December 2019 was due to score increases in Metro Manila and other Luzon areas, Visayas and Mindanao, which all gave "excellent" ratings, SWS said.

The government's satisfaction rating also rose to excellent from very good among the class D or "masa" and the poorest class E, both at +74.

However, the administration's rating fell to very good from excellent among the richest class ABC.

SWS said in terms of issues, the Duterte government's rating improved to excellent from very good when it came to fighting terrorism, developing a healthy economy, reconciling with Muslim rebels, protecting the freedom of the press.

The admin's score fell from good to moderate on recovering the ''hidden wealth'' stolen by Marcos and his cronies, down from +30 to +25.

The survey has sampling error margins of ±3 percent at the national level, ±6 at the regional level.

NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY

Malacañang welcomed the survey results Friday and claimed that it shows how the President is "performing an exceptional job."

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the results would serve as an inspiration for the government to do better in its job.

"All Filipinos are assured that the survey finding would not cause the Duterte Administration to be complacent but instead serve as an inspiration for us to take another extra mile in rendering genuine service for our people and be a source of courage for our dedicated public servants in fighting the challenges that our country is facing today," he said.

"The President remains focused on his goal of giving every Filipino a comfortable life and creating an environment of peace and progress for the country..." he added.