PUBLIC SATISFACTION with the government has hit a new high, bouncing back from depths plumbed during former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s term and erasing a record set during the Estrada administration.
A new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, the results of which were made exclusive to BusinessWorld, had 73% of the respondents saying they were satisfied with the new government’s general performance versus the 9% who said otherwise.
This gave President Benigno S. C. Aquino III’s administration a "very good" net satisfaction rating of +64, beating the previous record of a "good" +36 notched in November 1998 during Joseph E. Estrada’s term.
The result also marked the reversal of a run of negative net scores -- culminating in a record low -45 last March, classified by the SWS as "bad" -- posted starting December 2007 by the Arroyo government.
The SWS qualified that its surveys of the national administration’s general performance began in 1989, three years into the term of the current president’s mother, Corazon C. Aquino, "and therefore no longer during her honeymoon period."
Mr. Aquino is just five months into his six-year term.
A Palace spokesman said the results were welcome and gave assurances that the Aquino government remained committed to fulfilling expectations.
Satisfaction with the national administration improved in all areas and classes from "bad/very bad" to "very good", the SWS said.
It rose to +68 from -57 in Metro Manila, +66 from -45 in the rest of Luzon, +61 from -44 in Mindanao and +60 from -39 in Visayas. The scores were +66 from -47 among the class D or masa, +65 from -47 in class ABC and +57 from -41 in class E.
The SWS said the government’s ratings also improved with regard to 12 out of 14 issues, with "very good" scores on two, "good" on another two, "moderate" on seven, "neutral" on two and "poor" on one.
The "very good" net scores, both +52, were in foreign relations and helping the poor. The "good" ratings were in promoting human rights (+42) and fighting terrorism (+30).
The "moderate" scores were in land distribution (+29), reconciliation with communist rebels (+24), eradication graft and corruption (+22), reconciliation with Muslim rebels (+22), fighting crime (+21), ensuring no hunger (+19) and fighting inflation (+19).
"Neutral" ratings were recorded for suppressing private armies in Mindanao (+4) and the botched August hostage rescue (-5).
The "poor" score of -12 was in resolving last year’s Ampatuan massacre.
Some comparative scores extend back to December 2009 as not all 14 issues were tested every SWS survey.
Sought for comment, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said: "We are going from success to success in synch with the Filipino people who... see and share in our plan to transform the country by 2016."
"Our agenda for change has public support because it reflects the optimism that we are transforming the country into a place in 2016 that will be as different from the Philippines of 2010 as day is from night," he added.
Political analyst Ramon C. Casiple said in a phone interview: "This is a carry-over from the election. It’s not just a simple bounce-back, it’s an overturn..."
A total of 1,200 adults were polled nationwide last Sept. 24-27 for the latest survey, which used sampling error margins of ±3% for national and ±6% for area percentages. -- A. M. G. Roa
It rose to +68 from -57 in Metro Manila, +66 from -45 in the rest of Luzon, +61 from -44 in Mindanao and +60 from -39 in Visayas. The scores were +66 from -47 among the class D or masa, +65 from -47 in class ABC and +57 from -41 in class E.
The SWS said the government’s ratings also improved with regard to 12 out of 14 issues, with "very good" scores on two, "good" on another two, "moderate" on seven, "neutral" on two and "poor" on one.
The "very good" net scores, both +52, were in foreign relations and helping the poor. The "good" ratings were in promoting human rights (+42) and fighting terrorism (+30).
The "moderate" scores were in land distribution (+29), reconciliation with communist rebels (+24), eradication graft and corruption (+22), reconciliation with Muslim rebels (+22), fighting crime (+21), ensuring no hunger (+19) and fighting inflation (+19).
"Neutral" ratings were recorded for suppressing private armies in Mindanao (+4) and the botched August hostage rescue (-5).
The "poor" score of -12 was in resolving last year’s Ampatuan massacre.
Some comparative scores extend back to December 2009 as not all 14 issues were tested every SWS survey.
Sought for comment, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said: "We are going from success to success in synch with the Filipino people who... see and share in our plan to transform the country by 2016."
"Our agenda for change has public support because it reflects the optimism that we are transforming the country into a place in 2016 that will be as different from the Philippines of 2010 as day is from night," he added.
Political analyst Ramon C. Casiple said in a phone interview: "This is a carry-over from the election. It’s not just a simple bounce-back, it’s an overturn..."
A total of 1,200 adults were polled nationwide last Sept. 24-27 for the latest survey, which used sampling error margins of ±3% for national and ±6% for area percentages. -- A. M. G. Roa
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