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| PBBM's administration has high approval ratings in the September 2022 Pulse Asia Nationwide Survey on Urgent National Concerns, and Performance Ratings released Thursday, October 6. Photo: OP |
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s administration received high approval ratings in the September 2022 Pulse Asia Nationwide Survey on Urgent National Concerns and Performance Ratings, which was released on Thursday, October 6, the President's 98th day in office.
According to the survey firm, the Marcos Jr. administration has received "majority approval ratings" on 11 of the 13 issues covered by the nationwide poll.
“Appreciation is the majority sentiment toward the present administration’s work in the areas of responding to the needs of calamity-hit areas (78%), controlling the spread of COVID-19 (78%), promoting peace in the country (69%), protecting the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (68%), fighting criminality (67%), enforcing the rule of law (62%), creating more jobs (59%), increasing workers’ pay (59%), fighting graft and corruption in government (58%), protecting the environment (57%), and defending the country’s territorial integrity (52%),” Pulse Asia said in an advisory.
Meanwhile, the administration received a 42% rating on the issue of inflation control and a 39% rating on poverty reduction. This comes as the Philippines and other countries around the world continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020.
The face-to-face survey, which was conducted from September 17 to 21, 2022, was based on a sample of 1,200 adults aged 18 and up.
It has a margin of error of ± 2.8%. —iTacloban (Source: OP)