The Marcos Administration received majority approval ratings on eight of the 13 issues on which its performance was assessed in September 2023, based on the Pulse Asia survey results released on Tuesday, Oct. 3.

Pulse Asia’s “Ulat ng Bayan” survey results revealed that “small to huge majorities” are appreciative of the performance of the present administration in the following areas: protecting the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (74 percent), helping calamity-hit areas (72 percent), promoting peace (63 percent), defending national territorial integrity (59 percent), fighting criminality (57 percent), enforcing the rule of law (55 percent), providing assistance to farmers (55 percent), and protecting the environment (54 percent).

Approval is also the “plurality sentiment” regarding the efforts of the national administration to address the problem of involuntary hunger (46 percent), fighting corruption (45 percent), and increasing the pay of workers (41 percent).

Meanwhile, basically the same percentages of Filipino adults either approve of or are undecided about the work of the administration in job creation (43 percent versus 39 percent).

As for anti-poverty initiatives, the plurality opinion is one of indecision on the matter of approving or disapproving its work (40 percent).

“The only majority disapproval rating of the incumbent administration is registered on the issue of inflation (56 percent), the issue which most Filipino adults (74 percent) identify as requiring the immediate action of the administration,” Pulse Asia said.

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It noted that between June 2023 and September 2023, levels of approval for the work done by the current administration on the following issues declined: fighting criminality (-7 percentage points), protecting the environment (-7 percentage points), creating more jobs (-10 percentage points), increasing the pay of workers (-11 percentage points), reducing poverty (-14 percentage points), and controlling inflation (-15 percentage points).

Meanwhile, disapproval for the administration’s performance became more notable in relation to its handling of three issues—fighting corruption (+6 percentage points), reducing poverty (+8 percentage points), and controlling inflation (+19 percentage points).

Pulse Asia also pointed out that the performance ratings of the national administration also changed significantly between September 2022 and September 2023.

“Approval figures drop as far as the administration’s handling of the following issues is concerned—helping calamity-hit areas (-6 percentage points), promoting peace (-6 percentage points), enforcing the rule of law (-7 percentage points), fighting criminality (-10 percentage points), reducing poverty (-10 percentage points), fighting corruption (-13 percentage points), controlling inflation (-15 percentage points), creating more jobs (-16 percentage points), and increasing workers’ pay (-18 percentage points),” it said.

“The only improvements in the administration’s approval scores year-­on-year are registered on the issues of protecting the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (+6 percentage points) and defending national territorial integrity (+7 percentage points),” it added.

Meanwhile, disapproval for the administration’s work became more noticeable on the issues of job creation (+6 percentage points), corruption (+10 percentage points), workers’ pay (+11 percentage points), and inflation (+14 percentage points).