Press Release
April 6, 2017

EJERCITO: NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR DUTERTE TO SUSTAIN HIGH TRUST RATING

I believe it is just normal that over time, the trust and performance ratings of presidents go down. In President Rodrigo Duterte's case, his ratings in the early months of his administration were so high that it will be next to impossible to sustain such popularity rating, given also that he has upset groups of people in his crusade to effect change.

Duterte is a political maverick and many Filipinos are still uncomfortable with his leadership style. People's expectations are high after the election, but Duterte is no magician. We cannot expect the President to solve the major problems in so short a time. The positive thing in this March Pulse Asia survey is that 8 out of 10 Filipinos still trust the President in spite of the slight slip, and that is still relatively good.

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