Take note that the Social Weather Stations survey showing a 16- point plunge in net satisfaction for the Aquino administration was conducted on June 27 – 30, 2014.
From 45 percent last March, satisfaction for general performance of the Aquino administration dropped to 29 percent in the June survey.
This was before the July 1 Supreme Court unanimous decision declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP unconstitutional.
This was before Aquino went ballistic against the Supreme Court insisting on his own interpretation of the Constitution deliberately ignoring that under our system of government the final arbiter when it comes to legal issues is the Supreme Court.
This is the lowest score given by the people to the Aquino administration which rode high with 64 percent satisfaction rating on its first year despite its embarrassing bungling of the Rizal Park hostage crisis in August 2010.
Even with its maddening incompetence in the typhoon Yolanda tragedy in November last year, the public maintained its kind regard of President Aquino.
The decline actually started third quarter of 2013. In the June 2013 SWS survey, the Aquino administration got its highest satisfaction rating with 66 percent. From there, it was downwards with a ten-point drop three months after (Sept. 2013- 56 percent). But many were surprised that it was only a slight five-point drop ( 51 percent) in a post- Yolanda survey in December 2013.
Then came the controversy over the Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF which tainted the entire Philippine political spectrum. Malacañang, tried though to spin the issue to its favor with the arrest of opposition senators – Juan Ponce-Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, and Bong Revilla.
The In the March 2014 survey , Satisfaction rating for the Aquino administration sank six points further below the 50 percent mark which observers said should alarm Malacañang.
As of last week of June 2014, it’s 29 percent.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said they are not bothered by the steep decline saying it is “not insurmountable”. In Tagalog, may pag-asa pa.
Thinking of how it would affect the President’s influence in the 2016 elections, Lacierda, who earlier described Aquino’s endorsement power for 2016 as “lethal”, said it remains “undiminished.”
Let’s see in the next survey.
It is also worth noting that in the SWS June survey, the President got a “good” rating in “providing enough supply of electricity” at 45 percent. I dread how it would be next summer when the public would have to suffer eight to ten hours daily brownouts as warned by Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla.
sabi ni lacierda ay not insurmountable at may pag asa pa. malamang umpisa pa lang iyan at baka by 2016 ay wala ng gustong mag pa endorse sa kanya.
What we have here is a flood of people who don’t mind if the Philippines fails as long as their agenda succeeds. They are all shouting at once: extreme leftists, the corrupt, political opponents, the angry (Romualdez/Marcos), the ignorant social mediasts who believe they can run the country than Mr. Aquino (most have never even run a small business), the press who just love blood in the water . . . It’s a shame, really. Mob mentality. Coup mentality. Banana republic mentality. The Philippines is “born to lose”. The enemy is within.
we are in a democracy where anyone can have his comment in favor or against any action government official takes in accordance with his sworn responsibilities and mr. aquino’s is NO exemption. after more than four years of ADDRESSING to the masses as his boss, president aquino has yet to satisfy his inaugural promises and ACT in front of his bosses as he should since day one he assumed office. we believe addressing the country’s woes courtesy of his predecessor’s bloated accomplishments cannot be solved overnight (don’t ever forget the TEN MILLION jobs promised by her excellency the god chosen president gloria macapagal arrovo that brought us in a stature where people around the world called the philippines “the best househelp provider” because of her supermaid program) BUT four years it too much for a solution if he is really sincere in making the country stand back to its feet.
if we just maintain our silence how can they in the government realize they are already failing us?
if the country is really born to lose, WE FILIPINOS are the ones to suffer and not anyone else’s. NOT even those who left the country who did not want to take part in our fight BUT still dip their fingers in our affairs in the guise of concern!
mas mataas pa rin ang job approval rating ni PNoy kaysa kay obama.
Do those people rooting for ousting Pnoy really want Binay to take over? Really?
PM Harper Popularity ratings is 21 % not because he is losing popularity because the Last Party, not even an Official Opposition Liberals Lead by the Son of Trudeau, the Young Justin is Taking all the Popularity…but the Question is…Will it Translate into Seats in the upcoming Election?
Now Back to Pnoy Plunging Ratings and the Question is Who is going to benefit from his low ratings? Who are the oppositions? Erap? Binay? Are they any better?
#3 @MPRivera, absolutely right, that even people with the agenda to take down the government have a right to talk about it, and others have the right to say, wait a minute, we just left that era of coups and bananas, and I kinda like the new S&P rating, the Mindanao agreement, the 60,000 additional classrooms, a booming Manila, the investment in roads and airports, the ITLOS filing, and the rise of the Philippines on every rating list known to statisticians. So you go with your information, I’ll go with mine.
President Aquino is agreeable to the amendment of the Constitution “clipping” the Almost Dictatorial Judicial Review Power of the SC..which could not be the final arbiter as in many occasion it reverses its own rulings..
The SC should be limited to which particular legislation and or programs it can review, other than the challenge to the Violation of Rights and Freedoms as Guaranteed..
Just imagine a particular legislation who c has been discussed, debated for a decade or so and when finally became an Act it is outlawed by the SC..A project costing in billions had to be discontinued because the SC propensity to issue the TROs..just never hear such sanamagan any where..
Did you know that even our Charter granted the COURT the overwhelming mandate of Judicial Review (just how did you think, same SEX union was legalized when the court decided against the govt in denying Survival Pension to the Partners of same SEX union. That was the case that won the sa e SEX union,,Equal benefit and protection under the law)
This Decision by the SC could have been Nullified by the Govt. In Fact PM Paul Martin was threatened by his parish Priest that if he will not invoke Section 33 ,he will be refused communion and eventual excommunication.he ignored the church has and let the SC rulings Stand..as the Electorate agree that it was a wise and fair ruling by theSC..
Yes, in a Democracy it is the people that is the sovereign..the head of the govt abuses is checked by the electorate by simply voting him out..the member of the Judiciary Bad Judgement is checked by the Electorate thru their elected Representatives by their Power to OVER RULE..And in mature democraCy no one has to exercise these options
positive statistics rating can be given to a paying firm needing a make over after lapses one after the other.
if one is rated negatively like this president, why boast of accomplishments being fed to him by his “nannies” but in reality not really felt by the would-be beneficiaries instead of instituting true reforms in the government? why always listen to people inside his “inner circle” while ignoring the hungry voices of the masses? why not fire those who always give heavy burden instead of keeping them and cause more harm in his administration? who is more important, the people behind his mandate or those who pushed him in his candidacy now taking huge partake of the cake that should be distributed to the less fortunate majority?