MANILA (XINHUA) – Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s net satisfaction rating fell to +44 in June from +63 in March, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) nationwide survey released on Friday night.
“The SWS survey of June 23 to July 1, 2024, found 65 per cent satisfied and 21 per cent dissatisfied with the performance of Duterte,” the independent pollster SWS said.
“Duterte’s resulting net satisfaction (percent satisfied minus percent dissatisfied, correctly rounded) was good at +44,” it added.
The SWS interviewed 1,500 adults for the survey five days after Duterte resigned as education secretary from the Marcos Cabinet.
Duterte’s June 2024 rating is her lowest since assuming the vice presidency in June 2022.
Duterte was Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos’ running mate in the May 2022 presidential elections. Their alliance went sour, and Duterte resigned from the Marcos Cabinet on June 19.
Nearly two months after quitting the Cabinet post, Duterte has taken a swipe at the Marcos administration and how her former political ally is leading the country. In a lengthy statement on August 7, Duterte said that “Filipinos deserve better.”
“We are extremely tired of seeing our country being left behind, treated as if it has no value, unappealing, and submissive to other nations. We Filipinos deserve more than what we are hearing and seeing from the government right now. We, Filipinos, deserve better,” she said.
