PH Senate receives highest satisfaction rating among gov’t bodies in new poll

Photo: Senate of the Philippines’ Facebook account.
Photo: Senate of the Philippines’ Facebook account.

The Senate of the Philippines received the highest satisfaction rating among government bodies surveyed in a study released today by pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS).

In the survey, the Senate received a net satisfaction rating of +58, which SWS interpreted as “very good.” The rating increased from the result of the September survey where that Senate received a rating of +48.

SWS also added that this was the highest rating the Senate received since 2012 when it received a rating of +67.

The Senate was followed by the House of Representatives with +40, which is “good;” the Supreme Court with +37, interpreted as “good;” and President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet, which received +35, a “good” rating.

The Lower House’s rating was a four-point increase from the September rating where it received +36.

The Supreme Court’s September rating meanwhile was +31, meaning it gained six additional points since then.

Finally, the Cabinet’s September rating was +32, which means it gained three additional points since the last SWS survey.

The results were based on SWS’ face-to-face interviews with 1,440 adults aged 18 years old and above. The interviews were done from Dec. 16 to 19 with 360 respondents each from Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Of those interviewed, 71 percent said they were satisfied with the Senate’s performance while 57 percent said they were satisfied with the House of Representatives.

54 percent said they were satisfied with the Supreme Court while 52 percent were satisfied with Duterte’s Cabinet.

The Senate of the Philippines is composed of 24 politicians, some for and against Duterte.

Its high profile Duterte critics include Senators Leila de Lima, who was jailed in 2017 at Camp Crame for allegedly extorting money from inmates of the New Bilibid Prisons when she was the country’s secretary of Justice; Antonio Trillanes IV, whose amnesty was voided by Duterte; and Risa Hontiveros, who once called the president a “threat to human rights.”

On the other hand, pro-Duterte politicians include Senate President Vicente Sotto III and boxer-politician Manny Pacquiao.

However, there will be changes in the Senate soon, which will depend on the results of May’s mid-term elections. Of the 12 senators whose terms will end this year, seven will run for reelection. 

This includes Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe, who both have a high chance of retaining their seats in the Senate, according to a recent survey.



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