{"id":122280,"date":"2017-10-09T03:28:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T07:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=122280"},"modified":"2017-10-09T03:28:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T07:28:26","slug":"senators-critics-slam-duterte-amid-rating-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/09\/senators-critics-slam-duterte-amid-rating-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators, critics slam Duterte amid rating decline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some senators and opposition groups slammed President Rodrigo Duterte as the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) Survey showed his 18-point fall on his net satisfaction rating and 11-point fall on his trust rating.<\/p>\n

Of the 1500 Filipino adults surveyed from September 23-27, SWS classified Duterte\u2019s net satisfaction rating of +48 as \u201cGood,\u201d a significant two-digit drop from his \u201cVery Good\u201d rating of +66 in June 2017. His trust rating which was +75 classified as \u201cExcellent\u201d dropped to a \u201cVery Good\u201d of +60.<\/p>\n

(Read:\u00a0SWS: Rody\u2019s satisfaction, trust ratings drop<\/a>)<\/p>\n

His critics both from the Senate and opposition groups chose to use these results to prove their points and further condemn the President and his administration.<\/p>\n

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, one of Duterte\u2019s known staunch critics said that it was very \u2018encouraging\u2019 to see that Filipinos are \u2018beginning to see the light\u2019 on who the President really is. He called Duterte a \u2018lying, rude, amoral, corrupt, and oppressive former mayor who is totally incompetent about governance at the national level.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cTo think that this survey was done just before the Ombudsman confirmed Duterte\u2019s billion peso bank deposits, so the next survey results are expected to be worse,\u201d the Senator added.<\/p>\n

Another senator known for criticizing the President, Risa Hontiveros, called the survey an \u2018ominous warning\u2019 that signifies that Duterte\u2019s \u2018authoritarian style of governance is losing its appeal\u2019 to the public.<\/p>\n

Hontiveros reiterated her call for Duterte to explain the issues surrounding his alleged bank records and his bloody war on drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe survey showed deep damage to the President\u2019s reputation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

For Senator Bam Aquino, it is a \u2018wake-up call\u2019 but not just for Duterte, but for the Philippine National Police (PNP) as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarami nang Pilipino ang natatakot na maging<\/em> (A lot of Filipinos are scared to be a) collateral damage ng<\/em> (of the) drug war,\u201d the Senator said, reiterating that the PNP should rethink its strategy and address the killings in the communities in relation to the campaign against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

He said that the Chief Executive should not take the results for granted and that it was high time for the Palace to listen to the people.<\/p>\n

#TindigPilipinas, a coalition with some politician-members, in a statement, said that \u2018the honeymoon is over.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe significant drop in the President’s numbers is expected because while his government was focused on killing the poor and balkanizing our democratic institutions, his administration has miserably failed to deliver on his promises \u2013 peace in Mindanao, housing, solutions to traffic, end to endo, employment, among others,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

Like Hontiveros, they emphasized their call for Duterte to sign a bank waiver and stop extrajudicial killings. Similar to Aquino\u2019s statement, they also called on the \u2018rethinking\u2019 of the war on drugs.<\/p>\n

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, on the other hand, chose to see the brighter side of the result. \u201cIt\u2019s just a part of the cycle of politics, and it shouldn\u2019t be a cause of concern in Malaca\u00f1ang. What is clear in the survey results is that the Filipino people continue to trust the President and approve of his performance, despite the ratings dip,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gatchalian countered though that this does not mean that the administration should be complacent. \u201cI encourage the President and his administration to view these survey results as a constructive challenge to do more for the Filipino people.\u201d<\/p>\n

While for Senator Panfilo Lacson, Duterte is still capable of \u2018bouncing back\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe excitement and adulation that a new leader gets after getting his fresh mandate normally dissipate the moment the people start seeing some predictability in his brand of leadership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy of the Bagong Henerasyon party-list agrees with Lacson, just that the recent weeks before the survey was conducted were \u2018generally not favorable for the President.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut his base of support remains solid, in my view. The 16 million who voted for him in May 2016, I believe are still there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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