SWS survey for June 2007 ( Philippine Politics )

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Public satisfaction with Vice President Noli de Castro and three other top officials are steady, results of the Second Quarter 2007 Social Weather Survey revealed Tuesday.

The new survey, fielded over June 27-30, also found improvements in public satisfaction with the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The June 2007 survey found 57 percent satisfied and 27 percent dissatisfied with the performance of Vice-President Noli de Castro for a net rating of +30.

Senate President Manuel Villar, Jr. had 66 satisfied and 16 percent dissatisfied with his performance, for a favorable net rating of +51, correctly rounded.

Public sentiments were neutral regarding the performance of Speaker Jose de Venecia, who had 37 percent satisfied and 38 percent dissatisfied, or a net rating of –1, and Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who had 35 percent satisfied and 32 percent dissatisfied, or a net rating of +3.

De Castro’s net satisfaction rating has ranged between +19 and +40 over the past three years, and has been in the +30s in the last four quarters.

Villar has maintained his net ratings in the +50’s in the past two quarters, doing better than the net +39 and net +42 during his first two quarters as Senate President.

De Venecia’s net rating ranged from +5 to +23 in 2001-2004, but was from net –8 to +9 since December 2004. His net ratings were generally higher during his stint as Speaker under the Ramos administration.

Public satisfaction with Chief Justice Puno was neutral in the past two quarters, similar to that of Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban, whose rating ranged from –3 to +4.

The June 2007 survey found 55 percent satisfied and 25 percent dissatisfied with the performance of the Senate, for a net rating of +29, correctly rounded.

It showed 46 percent satisfied and 27 percent dissatisfied with the performance of the House of Representatives, for a net rating of +20, correctly rounded.

It found 43 percent satisfied and 31 percent dissatisfied with the Supreme Court, for a moderately good net rating of +12.

Public satisfaction with the Cabinet as a whole was mixed, with 35 percent satisfied and 35 percent dissatisfied, or a net rating of +1, correctly rounded.



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