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President Benigno Aquino
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 23, 2012) – Manila trumpeted the latest Social Weather Stations survey which shows an increase in satisfaction rating in President Benigno Aquino’s performance, calling it a “statistical tie of its best rating” in 2010.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said Aquino’s rating has risen to +62.
“No other administration has had the consistently high ratings of the Aquino administration since the SWS began this poll in February 1989. Continued and sustained public satisfaction with the Aquino administration is an affirmation of public support for our projects and initiatives. More importantly, this is indicative of the success of our reforms to ensure effective and equitable delivery of public services,” she said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.
She said heady increases in net satisfaction registered throughout all geographic regions, economic classes, and an overwhelming number of indicators. The administration scored well in key economic issues such as providing jobs (+43) and fighting inflation (from -6 to +19) while notable increases in satisfaction with fighting crimes (from +16 to +42) and eradicating graft and corruption (from +12 to +40) were also noted, according to Valte.
Valte said the strongest scores of the administration were in helping the victims of disasters (+73), helping the poor (from +35 to +59), and promoting welfare of overseas Filipino workers, foreign relations, and defending the country’s territorial rights.
“We take these survey results as a challenge to further improve our capacity to address key issues and to keep government attuned to the needs of our people and the challenges of our times,” she said.
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