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Maiority still trust, approve of Rody, Leni
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resident Duterte, Vice Presi-
ent Leni Robredo and Senate
resident Vicente Sotto III en-
)yed majority approval and
:ust ratings in June, according
r the latest Pulse Asia suryey.
Mr. Duterte's approval rat-
rg was 85 percent in June,
own from 87 percent in
larch, while his trust rating
:ayed at 85 percent, the results
f the survey taken from June
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24 to 3o showed. However, in Metro Manila, 6l percent in March. him, unchanged from March. Duterte's strong support.
Pulse Asia noted that the the Vice President's approval The approval and trust rat- Pulse Asia used face-to- "lThe two issues] .are not
President's approval "remains rating went down 10 points to ing of Speaker cloria Macapa- face interviews with 1,2oo top-of-mind issues for the Fil-
essentially unchanged" as the 34 percent, while her trust rat- gal-Arroyo improved from zz respondents. ipino people," Manhit said.
movement in his rating was ing declined rz poinds to 3r per- percent to 26 percent and Political analyst Victor Ari- "There is really support
within the poll's plus-or-minus cent. Her trust ratiryq also de- from 19 percent to 22 percent, dres Manhit, founder of the from the community. It might
2.8 percentage points margin clined among class hBC, from respectively. think tank Stratbase, attributed be misplaced support but you
oferror. 46 percent to 33 percent. Arroyo's approval rating the President's continued pop- cannot deny that this con-
Robredo's approval rating, Across geographical areas across areas and classes ranged ularity to the perception that stituency ... is amply supportive
rose between March and June and socioeconomic classes, ma-
' from
from 18 percent to 40 percent his administration has ad- of the drug war because they
49 percent to 55 percent. iority trusted and approved of while her trust rating ranged dressed concerns affecting see it as a peace and order ini-
Her trust rating also went up the work of Duterte and Sotto. from ll percent to 32 percent. them, tiative," he said, citing surveys
from 47 percent to 52 percent. Sotto got an approval rating Forty-one percent approved He said issues of alleged ex- over the past three years show-
Robredo got the highest ap- of Tpercent, a rz-point increase of the work of Chief Justice Lu- trajudicial killings in the war on ing that around 78 to 88 percen
proval and trust ratings in from 65 percent in March, and a cas Bersamin, up from 38 per- drugs and his policy toward of Filipinos back the war o
Visayas, both at 57 percent. trust rating of 73 percent from cent, while 35 percent trusted China has not diminished drugs. rNe
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