Marcos admin gets lower approval on key issues – Pulse

MANILA, Philippines — Fewer Filipinos approved of the Marcos administration’s performance in key national issues, with a majority disapproving of its performance in controlling inflation, a recent Pulse Asia survey showed.

Results of the Sept. 10 to 14 survey released on Tuesday, Oct. 3, found that only 16 percent of the respondents approved of the government’s efforts to address the rising cost of basic commodities.

It went down from 31 percent in a similar survey conducted in June.

In contrast, those who disapproved of the government’s performance in managing inflation increased from 37 percent to 56 percent.

The Marcos administration also obtained an approval rating of less than majority in five other issues.

These include reducing poverty at 29 percent (from 43 percent), increasing the pay of workers at 41 percent (from 52 percent), creating more jobs at 43 percent (from 53 percent) and fighting graft and corruption at 45 percent (from 44 percent).

Disapproval on these issues also increased, with poverty reduction at 31 percent (from 23 percent), increasing workers’ pay at 24 percent (from 21 percent), fighting graft and corruption at 23 percent (from 17 percent) and creating more jobs at 23 percent (from 17 percent).

Some 46 percent approved and 16 percent disapproved of the Marcos administration’s performance in terms of addressing involuntary hunger, an issue not included in the June survey.

The national government also obtained lower approval ratings, although still a majority, in eight other issues.

Approval was still the highest in terms of protecting overseas Filipino workers at 74 percent (from 76 percent), followed by responding to the needs of areas affected by calamities at 72 percent (from 73 percent) and promoting peace in the country at 63 percent (from 67 percent).

These were followed by defending the integrity of Philippine territory at 59 percent (from 63 percent), fighting criminality at 57 percent (from 54 percent), equal enforcement of the law at 55 percent (from 56 percent), providing assistance to farmers at 55 percent (from 59 percent) and stopping the destruction of the environment at 54 percent (from 61 percent).

Disapproval of the