President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. continues to work tirelessly to improve the lives of every Filipino, a Palace official said following the release of the latest SWS survey results showing a decline in Marcos’ trust rating.
In a Viber message to reporters on Wednesday, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Marcos is seen as a leader who works hard and actively fights corruption.
‘He works tirelessly to improve the lives of every Filipino, even in the face of the calamities we are experiencing,’ she said.
‘Even though he doesn’t mind the numbers in the surveys, he is glad that our fellow citizens are now feeling that the president and the government are there for them,’ she noted.
She added that people have become more aware of who is genuinely working and caring for them-and who is focused only on personal interests.
The survey was conducted with 1,200 adult respondents from September 24 to 30, or just a few days after the massive September 21 anti-corruption protests, sparked by an alleged multi-billion-peso corruption scandal involving flood-control projects.
It was commissioned and published by the think tank Stratbase.
Results showed that Marcos recorded a trust rating of 43 percent, down from 48 percent in June.
Vice President Sara Duterte also saw a decline in her trust rating, falling to 53 percent from 61 percent in June.