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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte recorded high approval and trust ratings in a recent nationwide survey by the RP-Mission Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD).
Released on Thursday, the independent and noncommissioned “Boses ng Bayan” poll, conducted between June 25 and July 5, shows Marcos with an impressive 82 percent approval rating, and Duterte with 86 percent.
Dr. Paul Martinez of RPMD said the two leaders had exceptional trust scores, with Marcos notching 86 percent, and Duterte 90 percent.
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez posted high ratings as well.
Zubiri’s approval rating was 69 percent, and Romualdez 70 percent.
Among Cabinet officials, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. led the ratings with 88 percent for approval and 93 percent for trust.
Other topnotchers were Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rexlon Gatchalian (76 percent approval, 85 percent trust rating), National Security Adviser Eduardo Año (75 percent approval, 87 percent trust), Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco (75 percent approval, 70 percent trust), Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (73 percent approval, 75 percent trust), Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual (71 percent approval, 65 percent trust), Information Communications and Technology Secretary Ivan John Uy (71 percent approval, 78 percent trust), Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla (69 percent approval, 66 percent trust) and Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno (68 percent approval, 70 percent trust).
In 6th to 10th place are Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople (66 percent approval, 68 percent trust), Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (66 percent approval, 69 percent trust), Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo (66 percent approval, 67 percent trust), Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan (64 percent approval, 69 percent trust), Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra (64 percent approval, 69 percent trust), Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. (63 percent approval, 67 percent trust), Human Settlement and Urban Development Secretary Jerry Acuzar (61 percent approval, 64 percent trust), National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan (61 percent approval, 63 percent trust), Labor and Employment Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma (59 percent approval, 61 percent trust), Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo Jr. (59 percent approval, 63 percent trust), Press Secretary Cheloy Garafil (57 percent approval, 60 percent trust) and Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla (57 percent approval, 59 percent trust).
Among the senators, the top three survey leaders were Raffy Tulfo, Mark Villar, and Bong Revilla with 89. 4, 88.6 percent, and 88.5 percent approval ratings, respectively.
They were followed by Francis Tolentino (86.1 percent), Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” Marcos (80.5 percent), and Mary Grace Poe (85.8 percent), Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go (82.7 percent), Robinhood Padilla (82.3 percent), Francis Escudero (86.2 percent), Lorna Regina “Loren” Legarda (80.2 percent), Sherwin Gatchalian (76.5 percent), Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara (75.7 percent) and Cynthia Villar (75.3 percent).
Alan Peter Cayetano had 72.4 percent, Ronald dela Rosa 71.8 percent, Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel 3rd with 68.7 percent, Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros with 68.2 percent, Maria Lourdes “Nancy” Binay with 65.8 percent, Pia Cayetano with 64.7 percent, Emmanuel Joel Villanueva with 61.5 percent, and Joseph Victor Ejercito Estrada with 60.7 percent. — Kristina Maralit
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