Palace on latest SWS survey: ‘Kahit anong ipula nila kay Presidente suportado siya ng taumbayan’

Malacañang on Monday welcomed the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which showed President Rodrigo Duterte’s public satisfaction rating bouncing back from a record low in June.

The survey results released on Saturday showed that 70 percent of adult Filipinos were satisfied with Duterte while 16 percent of the respondents were dissatisfied, giving the President a net satisfaction rating of +54 which the SWS classified as “very good.”

According to the latest survey, the President recovered from his lowest recorded score of "good" +45 in the second quarter.

“Iyan po ang talagang tunay na batayan natin kung ano ba talaga ang husga ng taumbayan; bagama’t ang Presidente ay hindi namumuno dahil lamang sa survey. Kahit anong ipula nila kay Presidente ay bumabalik po at lumalabas na suportado siya ng taumbayan,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview on dzRH radio.

Roque then advised the opposition to look for another issue to be raised against Duterte other than pouncing on the chief executive’s controversial remarks.

“Sa akin po, kinakailangang humanap ng ibang isyu ang oposisyon bukod doon sa mga pananalita ni Presidente dahil nakikita natin na walang epekto iyong mga pinupula sa tiwala ng taumbayan kay Presidente,” the Palace official said.

The same survey, however, showed that 83 percent of the 1,500 adult respondents, surveyed from September 15-23, 2018, found the President's "God is stupid" remark “bastos” or “vulgar.”

Sixty-three percent expressed the same view about Duterte’s remark last August that there are “many” rape cases in Davao City “because of the many beautiful women living there.” — Virgil Lopez/RSJ, GMA News