MR2 - UB2015-3 MR on Top 5 Ratings (Final)

MEDIARELEASE(October 01, 2015)

FROM: Ronald D. Holmes President Pulse Asia Research, Inc.

RE: Pulse Asia Research’s September 2015 Nationwide Survey on

the Performance and Trust Ratings of the Top Five Philippine Government Officials and Performance Ratings of Key Government Institutions

Pulse Asia Research, Inc. is pleased to share with you some findings on the Performance and Trust Ratings of the Top Five Philippine Government Officials and Performance Ratings of Key Government Institutions from the September 2015 Ulat ng Bayan national survey. We request you to assist us in informing the public by disseminating this information.

The survey fieldwork was conducted from September 8 – 14, 2015 using face-to-face interviews. Some of the key developments which took place in the weeks immediately prior to and during the conduct of the interviews for this survey are:

(1) The official endorsement by President Benigno S. Aquino III of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II as the standard bearer of the Liberal Party (LP) for the May 2016 elections; the DILG Secretary’s search for a running mate; and the LP’s declaration that it would embark on a “positive” electoral campaign which will not involve “black propaganda, dirty tricks, and political mudslinging”;

(2) The convening of the Supreme Court (SC) as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) for the purpose of resolving pending cases related to the May 2010 and May 2013 elections among which are the electoral protest filed by DILG Secretary Roxas against Vice-President Binay in the May 2010 vice-presidential contest, with SC Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno saying the PET will expedite the resolution of these cases in preparation for the expected filing of new cases in connection with the May 2016 elections;

(3) The disqualification case filed against Senator Grace Poe before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) which questions her citizenship and residency in the Philippines; the SET’s directive to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the National Statistics Office (NSO) to produce the lawmaker’s citizenship and birth records as it embarks on its investigation into the matter; and the SET’s decision during its 11 September 2015 hearing to drop the question of residency against Senator Poe which now shifts the focus on the question of her citizenship;

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(4) Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement made on 07 September 2015 that he will not be running for president in May 2016 in light of his plans to retire from politics next year but despite this, the Davao City Mayor’s supporters and advocates of federalism are still hopeful that he will reconsider his decision before the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy on 16 October 2015;

(5) The decision of the Commission on Election (COMELEC) to lease 93,977 all-new optical mark recorded (OMR) machines from Smartmatic-Total Information Management (TIM), a move which COMELEC Chairperson Andres Bautista referred to as “the most viable, practical, and safest option” to ensure credible elections in May 2016, and the signing of a P 1.72B contract between the COMELEC and Smartmatic-TIM on 28 August 2015 for the supply of 23,000 OMR machines;

(6) Vice-President Jejomar C. Binay’s True State of the Nation Address (TSONA) delivered on 03 August 2015 wherein he called President Aquino’s “tuwid na daan” a failure since the number of poor, hungry, and jobless Filipinos increased under the incumbent administration;

(7) The rally staged by Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) members along EDSA beginning 27 August 2015 to protest what it referred to as the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) meddling in the church’s internal affairs by investigating the illegal detention case filed by a former INC minister against the church, with the rally ending after five days amidst rumors of a deal being struck between the INC and the national administration which reportedly included the sacking of DOJ Secretary Leila M. de lima and the dropping of the illegal detention charges against the INC; Malacañang’s denial of any deal being made between the government and the INC; and DOJ Secretary de Lima’s clarification that she is not stepping down and that, contrary to rumors, the DOJ will proceed with the preliminary investigation into the illegal detention case against the INC;

(8) The filing of charges by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against a third batch of former and current lawmakers – including Senator Gregorio Honasan and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Emmanuel Villanueva – in connection with the alleged misuse of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF);

(9) The filing of another case of malversation of public funds before the Office of the Ombudsman against 20 current and former lawmakers in connection with the alleged misuse of their PDAF allocations amounting to P 500M which reportedly went to 15 dubious non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 2007 to 2009, with incumbent Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla, Jr. and former Senator Edgardo Angara being among those included as defendants in the case, and the reported involvement of four former and current officials of the Commission on Audit (COA) in the scam;

(10) The signing by 17 senators of the report on the substitute Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) by the Senate Committee on Local Government and the sponsorship speech of Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. wherein he emphasized that the Senate’s version of the BBL is constitutional and would ensure that the powers of the national government enshrined in the 1987 Philippine Constitution will be preserved; the lack of a quorum in the House of Representatives (HOR) during the period of interpellation of the draft BBL which led House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. to express concern about the possibility of the Lower

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House being unable to meet its deadline of 15 September 2015 to pass the bill and transmit it to the Senate; and President Aquino’s expression of optimism that the BBL will be passed by Congress despite various challenges it has encountered;

(11) President Aquino’s remarks made during a media forum as regards an “alternative truth” concerning the Mamasapano encounter in January 2015 which resulted in the death of 44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF); Senator Poe’s willingness to re-open the Senate investigation into the matter in light of the reported new evidence questioning the PNP-SAF’s claim and the PNP Board of Inquiry’s findings that PNP-SAF members were the ones responsible for killing Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias “Marwan”, and not Marwan’s aides as asserted by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF); and the efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to validate new information about the real killers of Marwan, among other things;

(12) The order issued by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for the arrest of 11 individuals due to their failure to attend hearings on the allegations of corruption against Vice-President Binay and, in another development, the latest hearing conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Sub-Committee wherein a resource person disclosed that several alleged dummy firms of Vice-President Binay got most of the P 5.6B worth of contracts to provide security, janitorial, and IT services for the Makati City local government for the last decade or so;

(13) The SC’s 8-4 decision allowing Senator Enrile to post bail while on trial for his alleged involvement in the PDAF scam which, consequently, paved the way for the lawmaker’s return to the Senate, and the controversy that followed involving Associate Justices Lucas Bersamin and Marvic Leonen with the former disputing the allegations made by the latter that the majority opinion on the case, which was penned by Associate Justice Bersamin himself, was “the result of obvious political accommodation rather than a judicious consideration of the facts and the law”;

(14) The Office of the Ombudsman’s filing of a motion for reconsideration before the SC on the grounds that the decision allowing Senator Enrile to post bail was made without due process as the SC did not allow the prosecution to contest the lawmaker’s claim that he should be allowed bail due to his poor health condition and that it violated the equal protection clause in light of the special favor granted to the lawmaker;

(15) Malacañang’s opposition to a bill filed in the HOR seeking to reduce the taxes being paid by fixed-income earners as this would reduce government revenues by at least P 29B annually, House Speaker Belmonte’s continued expression of support for the income tax reform bill notwithstanding, and Senator Juan Edgardo Angara’s call for the Senate and the HOR to work together on a modified tax reduction scheme for the benefit of fixed-income earners;

(16) The President’s directive to the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) for it to take over the management of traffic along EDSA beginning 07 September 2015, the horrendous traffic jam in Metro Manila on 08 September 2015 due to flash floods and the lack of traffic enforcers along major thoroughfares, and Malacañang’s announcement that a truck ban will be reimposed along EDSA starting 15 September 2015;

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(17) The confirmation of Gen. Hernando Delfin Iriberri as Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, the appointment of LP Secretary General Mel Senen Sarmiento as the new DILG Secretary, and the resignation of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Gregory Domingo;

(18) The call made by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States (US) for China to stop its land reclamation activities in disputed territories in the South China Sea amidst the Chinese government’s continued insistence on the legality of its actions in the area;

(19) The massive blasts at a port in Tianjin, China which resulted in the death of more than 100 individuals, injured hundreds, and left thousands homeless, with fire officials attributing the explosions to a fire at one of the warehouses where hazardous chemicals were stored; the bomb explosion in a Bangkok religious shrine which killed at least 20 people and injured more than 100 others; and the death of 107 pilgrims following the crash of a construction crane through the roof of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia;

(20) On the economic front, the depreciation of the local currency vis-à-vis the American dollar as it breached the P47:$1-mark following the strengthening of the latter due to the possible increase in interest rates by the end of September 2015 and the continued weakening of regional US Federal Reserve currencies; the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) announcement that inflation reached 0.6% in August 2015; the continued decline in the electricity bills of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) customers as a result of lower prices for power supply; and the rise in fuel prices due to movements in prices in the international market.

This nationwide survey is based on a sample of 2,400 representative adults 18 years old and above. It has a ± 2% error margin at the 95% confidence level. Subnational estimates for each of the geographic areas covered in the survey (i.e., Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao) have a ± 4% error margin, also at 95% confidence level. Those interested in further technical details concerning the survey's questionnaire and sampling design may request Pulse Asia Research in writing for fuller details.

Pulse Asia Research’s pool of academic fellows takes full responsibility for the design and conduct of the survey, as well as for analyses it makes based on the survey data. In keeping with our academic nature, no religious, political, economic, or partisan group influenced any of these processes. Pulse Asia Research undertakes Ulat ng Bayan surveys on its own without any party singularly commissioning the research effort.

For any clarification or questions, kindly contact Dr. Ana Maria Tabunda, Research Director of Pulse Asia Research, at 09189436816 or Prof. Ronald D. Holmes, Pulse Asia Research President, at 09189335497 or via email ([email protected]).

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Pulse Asia Research’s September 2015 Ulat ng Bayan Survey: Media Release on the Performance and Trust Ratings of the Top Five Philippine Government Officials and Performance Ratings of Key Government Institutions

01 October 2015

Only President Benigno S. Aquino III registers a majority approval rating in September 2015 (54%) while not one of the leading officials of the national government succeeds in scoring a majority trust rating A little over half of Filipinos (54%) express appreciation for the work done by President Benigno S. Aquino III in the past quarter. The latter is the only one among the top five officials of the Philippine government who obtains a majority approval rating in September 2015. In the case of Vice-President Jejomar C. Binay, approval is the plurality opinion toward his quarterly performance (43%). Meanwhile, one in two Filipinos (50%) has a positive assessment of Senate President Franklin M. Drilon’s work. As for House Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. and Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes A. Sereno, almost half of Filipinos (47% and 46%, respectively) cannot say if they approve or disapprove of their performance. The disapproval ratings of these government officials range from 13% for Senate President Drilon to 26% for Vice-President Binay (Please refer to Table 1.)

September 8 - 14, 2015 / Philippines / PR1&2(Row Percent)

Base: AwareTop National Officials Aware Approval Undecided Disapproval

BENIGNO S. AQUINO III 100 54 30 16 (President)

JEJOMAR C. BINAY 100 43 31 26 (Vice-President)

FRANKLIN M. DRILON 99 50 36 13 (Senate President)

FELICIANO R. BELMONTE, JR. 86 32 47 18 (Speaker of the House of Representatives)

MARIA LOURDES A. SERENO 75 29 46 19 (Supreme Court Chief Justice)

P R 1. Q53a-e. M ayro o n ako rito ng mga pangalan ng ilang mga o pisyal ng at ing pamahalaan. P akisabi ninyo ang inyo ng o pinyo n tungko l

P R 2. Q61a-e. sa pagganap nila ng kanilang tungkulin nito ng huling tat lo ng buwan. Sa pamamagitan po ng bo ard na ito , kayo ba ay

(SH OW A N D R EA D R A T IN G B OA R D ) kay (N A M E) sa kanyang pagganap bilang (P OSIT ION ) o wala pa kayo ng narinig,

nabasa o napano o d na kahit na ano tungko l sa kanya kahit na kailan?

N o tes: (1) % A ppro ve = % T ruly A ppro ve plus %A ppro ve; % D isappro ve = %D isappro ve plus % T ruly D isappro ve.

(2) F igures may no t add up to 100% due to ro unding o ff o r to D o n't Kno w and R efuse respo nses.

AWARENESS & PERFORMANCE RATINGS OF TOP NATIONAL OFFICIALSTable 1

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In the different geographic areas and socio-economic classes, President Aquino enjoys majority approval ratings in Mindanao (59%), the Visayas (71%), and Classes D and E (52% and 59%, respectively). The plurality opinion in the rest of Luzon and the best-off Class ABC concerning presidential performance is one of approval (47% and 49%, respectively). The President, however, posts almost the same approval and indecision figures in Metro Manila (41% versus 36%). (Please refer to Table 2.)

Vice-President Binay registers big plurality to near majority approval ratings in Mindanao (44%), the rest of Luzon (47%), and Classes D and E (44% and 46%, respectively). Basically the same vice-presidential approval and indecision ratings are registered in Metro Manila (41% versus 32%) while public opinion is split three-ways in the Visayas and Class ABC as nearly the same percentages in these sub-groupings express approval (36% and 31%, respectively), indecision (31% and 34%, respectively), or disapproval toward the Vice-President’s performance (33% and 34%, respectively).

A small majority of Visayans (58%) approve of Senate President Drilon’s performance in the last three months. Near majority approval ratings are obtained by the latter in the rest of Luzon (48%), Mindanao (49%), and every socio-economic grouping (48% to 50%). In Metro

Table 2PERFORMANCE RATINGS OF TOP NATIONAL OFFICIALS

September 8 - 14, 2015 / Philippines / PR1&2

LOCATION CLASS

BAL

APPROVAL RP NCR LUZ VIS MIN ABC D E

PRES. BENIGNO S. AQUINO III 54 41 47 71 59 49 52 59

VICE-PRES. JEJOMAR C. BINAY 43 41 47 36 44 31 44 46

SEN. PRES. FRANKLIN M. DRILON 50 42 48 58 49 49 50 48

HOUSE SPEAKER FELICIANO R. BELMONTE, JR. 32 36 34 29 29 38 32 30

CHIEF JUSTICE MARIA LOURDES A. SERENO 29 30 32 24 28 34 29 29

UNDECIDED






DISAPPROVAL






PR1. Q53a-e. M ayroon ako ritong mga pangalan ng ilang mga opisyal ng ating pamahalaan. Pakisabi ninyo ang inyong opinyon tungkol PR2. Q62a-e. sa pagganap nila ng kanilang tungkulin nitong huling tatlong buwan. Sa pamamagitan po ng board na ito, kayo ba ay (SHOW AND READ RATING BOARD) kay (NAM E) sa kanyang pagganap bilang (POSITION) o wala pa kayong narinig, nabasa o napanood na kahit na ano tungkol sa kanya kahit na kailan?

Notes: (1) % Approve = % Truly Approve plus %Approve; % Disapprove = Disapprove plus % Truly Disapprove. (2) Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding off or to Don't Know and Refuse responses.

(In Percent)

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Manila, about the same percentages either approve of the latter’s work or are ambivalent on the matter (42% versus 38%).

Ambivalence regarding the performance of House Speaker Belmonte and Supreme Court Chief Justice Sereno is expressed by big pluralities to near majorities in the rest of Luzon (49% and 47%, respectively), the Visayas (47% and 49%, respectively), Mindanao (46% and 43%, respectively), as well as in Class D (47% and 46%, respectively) and Class E (45% and 46%, respectively). Virtually the same approval and indecision ratings are posted by the House Speaker and the Supreme Court Chief Justice in Metro Manila (36% versus 41% and 30% versus 40%, respectively) and Class ABC (38% versus 45% and 34% versus 43%, respectively).

As regards these officials’ trustworthiness, trust is the plurality sentiment toward President Aquino (49%), Senate President Drilon (47%), and Vice-President Binay (39%). On the other hand, a near majority of Filipinos (49%) are ambivalent on the matter of trusting or distrusting House Speaker Belmonte and Supreme Court Chief Justice Sereno. Levels of distrust in these national government officials vary from 14% for Senate President Drilon to 27% for Vice-President Binay. (Please refer to Table 3.)

Most Mindanaoans (57%), Visayans (65%), and those belonging to the poorest Class E (54%) express trust in President Aquino. Essentially half of those in Class D (49%) also trust the latter. In contrast, the President records virtually the same trust and indecision figures in Metro Manila (36% versus 39%), the rest of Luzon (43% versus 40%), and Class ABC (44% and 37%, respectively). (Please refer to Table 4.)

Table 3AWARENESS & TRUST RATINGS OF TOP NATIONAL OFFICIALS

September 8 - 14, 2015 / Philippines / PR1&2(Row Percent)

Big Small /Top National Officials Trust Undecided No trust

BENIGNO S. AQUINO III 100 49 34 16 (President)

JEJOMAR C. BINAY 100 39 33 27 (Vice-President)

FRANKLIN M. DRILON 99 47 38 14 (Senate President)

FELICIANO R. BELMONTE, JR. 86 29 49 19 (Speaker of the House of Representatives)

MARIA LOURDES A. SERENO 75 26 49 20 (Supreme Court Chief Justice)

PR1.Q54a-e. NAIS SANA NAM ING TANUNGIN KAYO TUNGKOL SA PAGTITIWALA NINYO SA ILANG M GA TAO SA ATING LIPUNAN.

PR2.Q62a-e. Sa pamamagitan po ng board na ito, maaari bang pakisabi ninyo kung gaano kalaki o kaliit ang inyong pagtitiwala kay

[PERSONALITY]? M asasabi ba ninyo na ito ay (SHOW AND READ RATING BOARD)?

Notes: (1) % Big Trust = % Very Big Trust plus % Big Trust ; % Small Trust = % Small Trust plus %Very Small Trust

(2) *Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding off.

Base : Aware

Aware

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Trust is the plurality sentiment toward Vice-President Binay among Mindanaoans (43%) and those in Classes D and E (40% and 44%, respectively). The latter posts almost the same trust and indecision ratings in Metro Manila (38% versus 34%) and the rest of Luzon (42% versus 34%) while public opinion on the matter of trusting or distrusting him is split three-ways in the Visayas and Class ABC with essentially the same percentages either trusting (31% and 26%, respectively) or distrusting him (35% and 34%, respectively) or expressing indecision on the matter (34% and 39%, respectively). A bare majority trust rating (51%) is registered by Senate President Drilon among Visayans. Likewise, near majorities in Mindanao (48%) and Classes D and E (47% and 49%, respectively) express trust in the latter. Meanwhile, around the same trust and indecision scores are obtained by the Senate President in Metro Manila (40% versus 41%), the rest of Luzon (47% versus 38%), and Class ABC (45% versus 39%). Big plurality to near majority indecision figures are recorded by House Speaker Belmonte in Mindanao (44%), Metro Manila (48%), the Visayas (50%), and all socio-economic classes (45% to 50%). In contrast, a small majority of those in the rest of Luzon (52%) cannot say if they trust or distrust the lawmaker.

Table 4TRUST RATINGS OF TOP NATIONAL OFFICIALS

September 8 - 14, 2015 / Philippines / PR1&2

LOCATION CLASS

BAL

TRUST RP NCR LUZ VIS MIN ABC D E





CHIEF JUSTICE MA. LOURDES A. SERENO 26 25 30 18 25 33 25 25

UNDECIDED






DISTRUST






PR1.Q54a-e. NAIS SANA NAM ING TANUNGIN KAYO TUNGKOL SA PAGTITIWALA NINYO SA ILANG M GA TAO SA ATING LIPUNAN.

PR2.Q62a-e. Sa pamamagitan po ng board na ito, maaari bang pakisabi ninyo kung gaano kalaki o kaliit ang inyong pagtitiwala kay

[PERSONALITY]? M asasabi ba ninyo na ito ay (SHOW AND READ RATING BOARD)?

Notes: (1) % Big Trust = % Very Big Trust plus % Big Trust ; % Small Trust = % Small Trust plus %Very Small Trust


(In Percent)

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Most of those in the rest of Luzon (52%) and the Visayas (52%) are ambivalent toward the trustworthiness of Supreme Court Chief Justice Sereno. Big pluralities to near majorities in Metro Manila (41%), Mindanao (44%), and Classes D and E (50% and 49%, respectively) also express indecision on the matter. In Class ABC, virtually the same percentages either trust the Supreme Court Chief Justice (33%) or are ambivalent on the matter of trusting or distrusting her (42%). While Filipinos’ assessment of the performance of President Aquino remains essentially the same between June and September 2015, the same observation does not hold true in the case of the other top Philippine government officials; few changes occur in overall trust ratings of these officials during this period For the most part, President Aquino obtains virtually the same approval, indecision, and disapproval scores in June and September 2015. The only notable changes at this time as far as presidential performance ratings are concerned are the: (1) increase in approval rating in the Visayas (+15 percentage points) and (2) decline in the level of indecision toward presidential performance also in the Visayas (-13 percentage points). (Please refer to Table 5.) As for Vice-President Binay, he experiences a drop in his national approval score (-15 percentage points) as well as an increase in his overall disapproval and indecision ratings (+8 and +7 percentage points, respectively). Vice-presidential approval ratings also go down in all geographic areas (-11 to -22 percentage points) and in Classes D and E (-12 to -21 percentage points). On the other hand, criticism for vice-presidential performance becomes more pronounced in the Visayas and Class E (both at +13 percentage points). Senate President Drilon’s national indecision figure declines during the period June to September 2015 (-6 percentage points) while his overall approval and disapproval ratings remain basically unchanged (+1 and +5 percentage points, respectively). Across geographic areas and socio-economic classes, the Senate President enjoys an improvement in his approval rating and a decrease in the level of ambivalence toward his work among Visayans (+20 and -19 percentage points, respectively) as well as a decline in his indecision rating in Class D (-8 percentage points). At the national level, indecision toward the performance of House Speaker Belmonte eases between June and September 2015 (-6 percentage points). Additionally, levels of ambivalence on the matter go down in the Visayas (-12 percentage points) and Class E (-13 percentage points). In contrast, House Speaker Belmonte registers an improvement in his approval rating in the Visayas (+13 percentage points). Supreme Court Chief Justice Sereno’s overall indecision figure also declines at this time (-6 percentage points). Likewise, ambivalence concerning the latter’s quarterly performance becomes less pronounced in Mindanao (-16 percentage points). Meanwhile, the Supreme Court Chief Justice experiences an increase in her disapproval rating among Mindanaoans (+12 percentage points).

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Table 5COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE RATINGS OF TOP NATIONAL OFFICIALS

June and September 2015 / Philippines

LOCATION CLASS

APPROVAL

BENIGNO S. AQUINO III Sep 15* 54 41 47 71 59 49 52 59

(President) Jun 15 54 34 55 56 62 43 54 56

Change* 0 + 7 - 8 +15 - 3 + 6 - 2 + 3

JEJOMAR C. BINAY Sep 15* 43 41 47 36 44 31 44 46

(Vice-President) Jun 15 58 51 62 58 55 43 56 67

Change* - 15 - 10 - 15 - 22 - 11 - 12 - 12 - 21

FRANKLIN M. DRILON Sep 15* 50 42 48 58 49 49 50 48

(Senate President) Jun 15 49 50 54 38 47 44 47 54

Change* + 1 - 8 - 6 +20 + 2 + 5 + 3 - 6

FELICIANO R. BELMONTE, JR. Sep 15* 32 36 34 29 29 38 32 30

(Speaker of the House of Representatives) Jun 15 30 43 31 16 29 32 30 29

Change* + 2 - 7 + 3 +13 0 + 6 + 2 + 1

MARIA LOURDES A. SERENO Sep 15* 29 30 32 24 28 34 29 29

(Supreme Court Chief Justice) Jun 15 31 38 35 21 24 29 32 28

Change* - 2 - 8 - 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 - 3 + 1

UNDECIDED


(President) Jun 15 34 42 34 34 28 40 34 30

Change* - 4 - 6 - 1 - 13 + 1 - 9 - 2 - 5



Change* + 7 + 4 + 9 + 9 + 4 + 7 + 6 + 9



Change* - 6 - 1 - 3 - 19 - 5 - 5 - 8 - 2



Change* - 6 - 3 - 3 - 12 - 9 - 3 - 5 - 13



Change* - 6 - 6 - 3 - 5 - 16 - 12 - 5 - 9

DISAPPROVAL


(President) Jun 15 12 24 11 11 9 17 11 13

Change* + 4 - 2 + 9 - 3 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 3



Change* + 8 + 5 + 6 +13 + 7 + 4 + 6 +13



Change* + 5 + 6 + 8 - 1 + 4 0 + 5 + 6



Change* + 3 + 4 + 1 - 1 + 8 - 4 + 3 + 8


(Supreme Court Chief Justice) Jun 15 14 15 11 18 15 16 14 12Change* + 5 0 + 4 + 3 +12 - 1 + 5 + 6

Notes: (1) *Change = Figures of September 2015 minus Figures of June 2015.

(2) % Approve = % Truly Approve plus %Approve; % Disapprove = Disapprove plus % Truly Disapprove.

(3) Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding off or to Don't Know and Refuse responses.

(4) *UB September 2015 (PR1&2)

(In Percent)

RP NCR

BALLUZ VIS MIN ABC D E

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With regard to Filipinos’ sentiments concerning the trustworthiness of these officials, the only significant changes at the national level are the: (1) decline in the trust rating of Vice-President Binay (-18 percentage points) and the rise in his distrust and indecision scores (+8 and +9 percentage points, respectively) and (2) decrease in the indecision figure of Senate President Drilon (-7 percentage points). (Please refer to Table 6.) Across geographic areas and socio-economic classes, President Aquino’s trust rating goes up in the Visayas (+13 percentage points). In the case of Vice-President Binay, trust in him erodes in most geographic areas and socio-economic classes (-14 to -22 and -15 to -22 percentage points, respectively) while distrust in him becomes more manifest in the Visayas (+14 percentage points) and Classes D and E (+8 and +13 percentage points, respectively). Ambivalence on the matter of trusting or distrusting the Vice-President becomes more pronounced in the rest of Luzon (+13 percentage points) and Class D (+9 percentage points). Senate President Drilon registers a gain in his trust rating among Visayans (+20 percentage points) and a decline in his indecision ratings in the Visayas and Mindanao (-17 and -13 percentage points, respectively). In the meantime, the trust ratings of House Speaker Belmonte and Supreme Court Chief Justice Sereno go down in Metro Manila (-13 and -10 percentage points, respectively) while their indecision scores decrease in Mindanao (-11 and -12 percentage points, respectively).

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Table 6COMPARATIVE TRUST RATINGS OF TOP NATIONAL OFFICIALS

June and September 2015 / Philippines

LOCATION CLASS

TRUST


(President) Jun 15 50 35 52 52 54 40 50 54

Change* - 1 + 1 - 9 +13 + 3 + 4 - 1 0


(Vice-President) Jun 15 57 52 63 53 50 39 55 66Change* - 18 - 14 - 21 - 22 - 7 - 13 - 15 - 22



Change* + 2 - 9 - 5 +20 + 9 + 7 + 3 + 2



Change* + 1 - 13 0 + 9 + 7 - 1 + 1 + 3MARIA LOURDES A. SERENO Sep 15* 26 25 30 18 25 33 25 25


Change* - 1 - 10 - 3 + 3 + 7 + 8 - 3 + 1

UNDECIDED


(President) Jun 15 36 40 36 34 36 44 37 32

Change* - 2 - 1 + 4 - 8 - 9 - 7 - 1 - 4JEJOMAR C. BINAY Sep 15* 33 34 34 34 32 39 34 30


Change* + 9 + 8 +13 + 8 + 3 +13 + 9 + 9



Change* - 7 + 1 - 2 - 17 - 13 - 7 - 6 - 9


(Speaker of the House of Representatives) Jun 15 52 43 53 56 55 46 53 53Change* - 3 + 5 - 1 - 6 - 11 + 4 - 3 - 8



Change* - 4 - 6 - 3 + 1 - 12 - 14 - 2 - 7

DISTRUST


(President) Jun 15 13 25 12 14 9 16 13 14Change* + 3 0 + 5 - 5 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 3



Change* + 8 + 5 + 8 +14 + 5 - 1 + 8 +13



Change* + 4 + 6 + 6 - 3 + 3 - 1 + 4 + 5FELICIANO R. BELMONTE, JR. Sep 15* 19 16 15 23 28 17 19 22


Change* 0 + 2 + 1 - 5 + 2 - 4 0 + 2



Change* + 3 + 3 + 4 - 5 + 5 0 + 3 + 4

Notes: (1) *Change = Figures of September 2015 minus Figures of June 2015.

(2) % Big Trust = % Very Big Trust plus % Big Trust ; % Small Trust = % Small Trust plus %Very Small Trust



(In Percent)

BAL

RP NCR LUZ VIS MIN ABC D E

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The three key government institutions performance-rated in September 2015 all fail to register a majority approval rating; public assessment of these institutions’ work is basically unchanged between June and September 2015 While a near majority of Filipinos (49%) approve of the work done by the Supreme Court, a big plurality of Filipinos (44%) also has a positive opinion of the Senate’s performance. As for the House of Representatives, almost the same percentages either approve of its work (39%) or express indecision on the matter (41%). The only changes occurring during the period June to September 2015 are the decline in the level of indecision toward the performance of the Senate and the House of Representatives (-7 and -6 percentage points, respectively). (Please refer to Tables 7 to 8.) The Senate receives big plurality to near majority approval ratings from those in the rest of Luzon (47%), the Visayas (47%), and Classes D and E (42% and 49%, respectively). On the other hand, practically the same approval and indecision figures are recorded by the Senate in Mindanao (43% versus 38%) and Class ABC (43% versus 39%). In Metro Manila, the legislative body obtains essentially the same approval, indecision, and disapproval ratings (33%, 36% and 28%, respectively). In the case of the House of Representatives, it registers practically the same approval and indecision ratings in every geographic area (32% to 43% versus 38% to 43%) and socio-economic class (37% to 42% versus 39% to 46%). (Please refer to Table 7.)

Table 7PERFORMANCE RATINGS OF THE SENATE,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SUPREME COURTSeptember 8 - 14, 2015 / Philippines / PR1&2

LOCATION CLASSBAL

APPROVAL RP NCR LUZ VIS MIN ABC D E

SENATE 44 33 47 47 43 43 42 49HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 39 32 37 43 42 37 38 42SUPREME COURT 49 39 48 57 51 47 49 52

UNDECIDED


DISAPPROVAL


P R 1. Q12a-c . M ayro o n ako rito ng mga pangalan ng mga ahensiya o o pisina ng pamahalaan. P akisabi ninyo ang inyo ng o pinyo n tungko l sa pagganap nila ng

P R 2. Q12a-c. kanilang tungkulin. Sa pamamagitan po ng bo ard na ito , kayo ba ay (SH OW A N D R EA D R A T IN G B OA R D ) sa kanilang pagganap sa mga

tungkulin ng (A H EN SIYA / OP ISIN A ) o wala pa kayo ng narinig, nabasa o napano o d na kahit na ano tungko l sa kanila kahit na kailan?

N o tes: (1) % A ppro ve = % T ruly A ppro ve plus % A ppro ve; % D isappro ve = % D isappro ve plus % T ruly D isappro ve.

(2 ) F igures may no t add up to 100% due to ro unding o f f o r to D o n't Kno w and R efuse respo nses.

(In Percent)

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Majority approval ratings are enjoyed by the Supreme Court in Mindanao (51%), the Visayas (57%), and Class E (52%). In addition, appreciation for the latter’s work is the plurality sentiment in the rest of Luzon (48%). Meanwhile, almost the same approval and indecision scores are recorded by the Supreme Court in Metro Manila (39% versus 36%) and Class ABC (47% versus 36%). Between June and September 2015, appreciation for the work done by all three government institutions becomes more notable in the Visayas (+11 to +14 percentage points). Meanwhile, indecision concerning the performance of the Senate becomes less manifest in Metro Manila (-10 percentage points), the Visayas (-10 percentage points), and Class D (-8 percentage points). Ambivalence on the matter of approving or disapproving the work of the House of Representatives also becomes less pronounced during this period in Metro Manila (-13 percentage points) and Class D (-7 percentage points). These are the only significant changes in the performance ratings of these institutions across geographic areas and socio-economic classes. (Please refer to Table 8.)

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Table 8COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE RATINGS OF THE SENATE,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SUPREME COURTJune and September 2015 / Philippines

LOCATION CLASS

APPROVAL

SENATE Sep 15* 44 33 47 47 43 43 42 49

Jun 15 40 32 44 36 40 40 40 39

Change* + 4 + 1 + 3 +11 + 3 + 3 + 2 +10

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sep 15* 39 32 37 43 42 37 38 42

Jun 15 35 27 38 29 39 33 36 35

Change* + 4 + 5 - 1 +14 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 7

SUPREME COURT Sep 15* 49 39 48 57 51 47 49 52

Jun 15 44 43 41 44 49 41 44 45

Change* + 5 - 4 + 7 +13 + 2 + 6 + 5 + 7

UNDECIDED

SENATE Sep 15* 36 36 35 34 38 39 36 32

Jun 15 43 46 42 44 44 43 44 42

Change* - 7 - 10 - 7 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 8 - 10


Jun 15 47 51 47 45 47 48 48 43

Change* - 6 - 13 - 4 - 7 - 8 - 2 - 7 - 4


Jun 15 38 38 39 33 40 41 39 34

Change* - 5 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 5 - 6 - 2

DISAPPROVAL

SENATE Sep 15* 19 28 18 17 17 17 20 17

Jun 15 16 21 13 20 14 16 15 17

Change* + 3 + 7 + 5 - 3 + 3 + 1 + 5 0


Jun 15 17 22 14 24 13 18 15 20

Change* + 2 + 5 + 5 - 8 + 4 - 1 + 5 - 3


Jun 15 17 18 18 21 11 19 16 17

Change* 0 + 6 - 2 - 7 + 4 - 2 + 1 - 2

Notes: (1) *Change = Figures of June 2015 minus Figures of M arch 2015.

(2) % Approve = % Truly Approve plus %Approve; % Disapprove = %Disapprove plus % Truly Disapprove.

(3) Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding off or to Don't Know and Refuse responses.


(In Percent)

BAL

RP NCR LUZ VIS MIN ABC D E

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