Palace: ‘Excellent’ rating shows Pinoys continue to support Duterte

Malacañang on Thursday said the "excellent" rating of President Rodrigo Duterte showed that Filipinos continue to support his war on drugs and promise to remove crime and corruption in the country.

In a statement, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin thanked Filipinos for giving Duterte +72 "excellent" rating during the fourth quarter, according to a recent report by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). 

"We thank the Filipino people for their continued trust on the President. Net public confidence in the President stays excellent at +72 during the Fourth Quarter. It is noteworthy to mention that the President’s net trust rating has been excellent for three consecutive quarters, namely, days before his inauguration on June 30, last September, and now December," Andanar said. 

"The result of the SWS survey was a testament that our people continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the President’s agenda of getting rid the society of illegal drugs, crime, and corruption. This gives him and members of his team to pursue with greater resolve the Administration’s goal of a Philippines free from the drug scourge, crime incidents, and malfeasance in public service," he added. 

Duterte got a net trusting of +72 but the figure is four points lower than a similar survey conducted in September this year wherein he got +76 rating.

The were about 1,500 adults from different parts of the country, who underwent a face-to-face interview for the Fourth Quarter 2016 Social Weather Survey conducted from Dec. 3 to 6. The survey had a sampling error margins of ± 3 points for national figures, ± for "Balance Luzon" and ± 6 points each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. — Trisha Macas/RSJ, GMA News