Palace questions SWS results showing VP Sara's high rating, Marcos' negative score

Malacañang raised questions over the results of a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, showing Vice President Sara Duterte's high net satisfaction rating and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s  negative score.

According to a "24 Oras" report by Ivan Mayrina on Friday, Duterte believed that her +28 satisfaction ratings stemmed from the public’s appreciation of what she has done for the country.

Duterte’s satisfaction rating from the November 2025 SWS survey was the highest satisfaction rating given to a government official for the said survey.

“Paniwala ko, tinitingnan ng mga tao kung ano yung mga nagawa ng isang opisyal para sa bayan, at doon din sila nagbabase sa kanilang pag-assess o pagbigay ng rating para sa isang opisyal ng bayan,” Duterte said.

(I believe that the people see what an official does for the country, and that is where they base their assessment or ratings for a government official.)

However, the Palace questioned the source of the data.

“Kung ang susunod mong katanungan ay saan nagmumula ang rating na ito, hinahanap din po namin. Dahil kahit ano maging numero diyan, ang katotohanan na ang Pangulo ang nagtatrabaho at ang ilan nagbabakasyon lamang ay hindi maaaring pasinungalingan ninuman,” said Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Attorney Claire Castro.

(If your next question is where these ratings are coming from, we are also looking for it. Because no matter what numbers appear there, the truth that the President is the one working while the others are only taking vacations cannot be disputed by anyone.)

“Sana po ang mga survey ratings na ito ay hindi magsilbing paglilinlang sa katotohanan kung sino ba talaga ang nagtatrabaho at sino ang hindi,” she added.

(We hope that these survey ratings will not be an avenue for lies about who is really working.)

GMA Integrated News has reached out to Duterte and SWS for comment.

Meanwhile, Duterte raised concerns over the current state of the country before the 2028 presidential elections.

“Meron pa bang Pilipinas na pag-uusapan sa taong 2028? Lubog na tayo sa basura, sa baha, sa lahat ng economic indicators, kahit sa korupsyon, lubog na tayo. So yan ang ikinakatakot ko, na baka isang araw magising na lang tayo, wala ng maayos na gobyerno, magulo na ang bayan,” she said.

(Will there still be a Philippines to talk about in 2028? We are buried in garbage, in flood, on all economic indicators, and even in corruption, we are deep into it. So that is what I am afraid of, that we just wake up one day without a decent government and a country in chaos.)

“Masasabi natin na ang Bise President ay bulag. Di niya nakikita ang ginagawa ng Pangulo,” replied Castro.

(We can say that the Vice President is blind. She cannot see what the President is doing.) —Jiselle Anne C. Casucian/LDF, GMA Integrated News