By Liezelle Soriano
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the result of the latest Pulse Asia survey is not important to him as he wants to prioritize the welfare of the students.
“That’s why we’re working very, very hard to make sure that this comes up again, not because of the survey. That’s not important to me. What’s important to me is that we make sure that people have enough to eat and that it is affordable to them,” Marcos said.
Marcos said the government is “slowly heading” towards stabilizing the price of rice.
“I think we are slowly heading there dahil ang supply natin ay napakaganda; ang distribution siguro mayroon na tayong ginagawa doon sa pass-through para sa cost ng pag-deliver nung bigas, lalo na sa mga malalayo. NCR is included there,” Marcos said.
The Chief Executive also said that he is not surprised by the decrease in his approval rating.
“It’s not surprising. People are having a hard time,” he said.
From a high of 80 percent in the June survey, Marcos saw his approval rating (AR) drop to 65 percent.
Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, Marcos’ running-mate in the 2022 national elections, also dropped from 84 percent to 73 percent during the same period.
“Although the President and the Vice-President continue to enjoy majority approval scores at the national level and across geographic areas and socio-economic classes, both experience significant erosions in their respective approval ratings during the period June 2023 to September 2023,” Pulse Asia said.
The survey was conducted last September 10 to 14, 2023.
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