Senate, House, Cabinet ratings fall – SWS

MANILA, Philippines — The satisfaction ratings of the House of Representatives, Senate and the Cabinet declined in the second quarter of the year, based on the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The House suffered a 10-percent drop in its satisfaction rating from the first quarter. It obtained a “moderate” net score of +25 (45 percent satisfied and 20 percent dissatisfied) in June 2018 from a “good” +35 in March.

This was the lowest rating of the House since the moderate +16 in December 2015, SWS noted.

The net satisfaction rating of the House fell by one grade from good to moderate in balance Luzon,  down by 16 points from +34 in March 2018 to +18 in June 2018.

It also dropped by one grade from good to moderate in Mindanao, from +40 to +26.

It stayed good in the Visayas, although down by three points from +39 to +36.

In Metro Manila, the House’s net satisfaction rating hardly moved from +28 in March to +29 in June.

Fifty-seven percent of Filipinos, meanwhile, expressed satisfaction with the Senate while 17 percent were dissatisfied, for a net satisfaction score of a “good” +41.

The Senate’s latest satisfaction rating was four points down from +45 in March 2018. This was the lowest since the similar good +41 in April 2016.

The Senate’s net satisfaction rating fell by one grade from very good to good in balance Luzon, from +52 in March 2018 to +37 in June 2018.

It stayed good in Mindanao, although down by two points from +41 to +39.

It rose by one grade from moderate to good in Metro Manila, from +28 to +43.

The Senate’s satisfaction rating remained good in the Visayas, up by two points from +47 to +49.

Forty-three percent of Filipinos said they were satisfied with the Supreme Court (SC)’s performance while 24 percent were dissatisfied, resulting in a net satisfaction score of a “moderate” +19.

The SC’s net satisfaction rating hardly moved from +20 in March 2018.

“This was the lowest net satisfaction rating of the Supreme Court in six years, since the moderate +13 in May 2012,” the SWS noted.

The high court’s net satisfaction rating fell by one grade from good to moderate in the Visayas, down by seven points from +33 in March 2018 to +26 in June 2018.

It stayed moderate in balance Luzon, although down by two points from +19 in previous quarter to +17.

It dropped by two points although remained neutral in Metro Manila, from +6 in March to +4 in June.

The SC’s net satisfaction rating, however, rose by five points but stayed in moderate category in Mindanao from +20 to +25.

Its net satisfaction rating also went up two grades from neutral -4 to good +43 among class ABCs, and among college graduates from neutral +5 to moderate +27.

The Cabinet’s net satisfaction rating, meanwhile, was a moderate +25 in the second quarter – 43 percent satisfied and 18 percent dissatisfied.

It dropped by three points from +28 in March 2018 to +25 in June 2018. This was the lowest since the moderate +22 in April 2016.

It went down by five points but stayed moderate in balance Luzon from +28 to +23.

The Cabinet’s net satisfaction rating stayed moderate in Mindanao, although down by two points from +23 to +21.

It fell by one grade from good to moderate in Metro Manila, from +30 to +28.

It stayed good in the Visayas, hardly moving from +31 to +32.

The Cabinet’s net satisfaction scores, however, rose from moderate to good both among classes ABC and E, and among women from moderate +29 to good +31.

The SWS survey was conducted from June 27-30, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide.

It has a sampling error margin of plus or minus three percentage points for national percentages and plus or minus six percentage points each for Metro Manila, balance Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.

Malacañang said Cabinet members would work harder to improve the delivery of services to the public.

“I note also that in the SWS, virtually everyone in government got lower scores. But we will try better in the coming days,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque said at a press briefing yesterday.

Roque said communicating better the achievements of the Cabinet may be included in the agenda of the next Cabinet meeting on Aug. 6.

Senate President Vicente Sotto III vowed that senators will work harder to gain the appreciation of the people, but said he was gratified the chamber still obtained a “good” rating in the survey. – With Alexis Romero, Paolo Romero