Plus sixty
| C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S |
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| Jonathan De la Cruz |
Plus sixty is President Aquino’s net satisfaction rating three months into his presidency based on the results of a survey conducted by the polling firm SWS from Sept. 24 to 27 this year or almost a month after the disastrous Luneta hostage taking. This was the second highest rating among all post-1986 presidents in their first one hundred days in office, even higher than that his mother, the late President Cory who got plus 53 in May 1986. Only President Ramos who got a plus 66 in September 1992 topped his numbers while President Estrada equalled his public approval at plus 60. This should still the critics for now. I mean how else can you interpret that kind of rating except that after a hundred days in office a solid majority of the public is clearly satisfied with P-Noy’s performance, warts and all. But, as P-Noy himself admitted, many more difficult challenges lie ahead. In fact, if we are to hear out the critics, his performance is clearly a notch or two below people’s expectations. They point to the fact, for example, that it is 23 percent lower than P-Noy’s net approval rating of plus 83 before his assumption to office. That is a very clear precipituous decline of a little under 8 percent every month which should be a cause for worry. It means that while the public remains satisfied with the President’s performance it is looking for results and changes beyond the rhetoric and the gestures such as the “no wang-wang,” stopping at red lights and other such welcome initiatives. As Dr. Aurora Parong, Director of Amnesty International Philippines noted, “P-Noy has made thoughtful comments about human rights issues but has failed to translate his words into action thus far..” That is the challenge he must face..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101010com4.html
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