By Junex Doronio
FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez has increased up to 60% satisfactory ratings in a recent survey while Vice President Sara Duterte has a 14% drop from her rating in the previous survey.
This was revealed by the results of the Pulse ng Pilipino tracking survey of The Issues and Advocacy Center (The CENTER) conducted from September 23 to 30.
Some 1,200 registered voters nationwide were interviewed in the non-commissioned Pulso ng Pilipino survey.
Duterte posted a 54% net satisfaction rating (71% satisfied, 17% dissatisfied) while Romualdez’s net satisfaction rating rose by 5% to 60% (70% satisfied, 10% dissatisfied).
The Center noted that “this is also the highest performance rating posted by an incumbent Speaker in the history of the Lower House.”
Meanwhile, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. posted a net satisfaction rating of 58% (73% satisfied, 15% dissatisfied), lower than the 69% rating he posted during the second quarter survey.
Also based on the third quarter survey, PBBM received a net trust rating of 69% (82% complete trust, 13% do not trust) while Duterte has a 66% rating (79% complete trust, 13% distrust).
Notably, Romualdez has 70% (79% complete trust, 9% do not trust).
Some political observers told Maharlika NuMedia that Sara Duterte and Martin Romualdez will likely square off in the 2028 presidential elections, with Senator Risa Hontiveros as the probable standard bearer of a “center-moderate left” coalition.
(ai/mnm)
