RPPe VP’s large dip in ratings a perception of her performance – Young Guns leaders

LEADERS of the Young Guns in the House of Representatives on Monday described the recent deep dive of 19 points in satisfaction ratings of VP Sara Duterte as reflective of her performance as a government official.

During Monday’s daily press briefing at the House of Representatives, House Assistant Majority Leaders Zia Alonto Adiong (Lanao del Sur), Paolo Ortega V (La Union), and Jil Bongalon (Ako Bicol Partylist) all said the people judge government officials by the performance of their functions.

“Kasi iyong survey is also how the public responds to the performance eh … It’s actually a grading system po iyong survey na iyan. It’s the people’s grading system,” Adiong said.

“So, if there’s a decline, it means to say is that the people are dissatisfied,” he added.

Second, Adiong said, VP Duterte’s decline in ratings may have been influenced by her position on several issues that concern the Filipino people. 

“People really are asking what would be her position on matters that matter to them. Sinabi ko nga WPS, etc. So, ultimately, it boils down to the people’s perception whether you are really indeed an official that really caters or do your services, offer your services for the betterment of the public,” Adiong said.

“So ganoon lang po iyong position ko diyan. Tulad po ni Speaker Martin Romualdez, nakita iyong performance niya for the past two years, naturally people are satisfied with it. So iyon lang po very simple lang po para sa akin, it’s how the people grade you, grade their public officials,” he added.

While Speaker Martin G. Romualdez surged in satisfaction ratings by 16 points in the latest SWS survey, that of VP Sara Duterte dived deeply by as much as 19 points in the same poll. 

Ortega said VP Duterte’s silence on important national and international issues also affected her satisfaction ratings.

“Her silence on important issues, national issues and international issues … may effect talaga iyon sa pag-dip ng numbers. It’s about time that she addresses the concerns and certain issues. Baka iyon po ang isa po na rason kung bakit bumababa po iyong numbers,” Ortega said.

Bongalon said: “Well basically, we as public officials, we are being rated based on our performance, based on our attitude, based on our leadership skills …” 

“So, probably doon po sa mga aspetong iyon kaya po siguro bumaba talaga ano iyong kanya pong rating nito pong recent survey. So as mentioned, iyong kanya pong silence sa mga issues of national and international concerns, iyon pong kanyang pag-alis sa ating bansa noong kasagsagang Bagyong Carina, so hindi po natin nakita na tumulong or gumawa ng aksiyon ang ating VP,” Bongalon said.

“So those factors contributed to the significant effect na kung bakit bumaba po talaga ang naging rating po ni VP. So, again, binabase po ang ating rating sa atin pong performance at kung ano ang kanyang mai-o-offer na solution because recently ang lagi po nating naririnig sa kanya ay mga reklamo laban sa mga programa at polisiya ng atin pong administrasyon,” he added.  (END)