By: Argyll Cyrus B. Geducos
President Duterte doesn’t care about the latest Social Weather Station survey in which he registered a double digit dip in his satisfaction and trust ratings.
In an interview aired over PTV-4 Friday, Duterte said he doesn’t care about ratings anymore as all he wants to do now is to deliver on his promises to the public.
“It does not really matter to me kasi lahat ng ginagawa ko, those were exactly the words I used during the campaign,” Duterte said in the interview taped Thursday night. “I have to honor my promise because that it is my covenant to the people,” he added.
It is also now past the election period and that the 16 million votes he got is the only figure that matters to him, Duterte said.
Duterte said people should understand his style of governance and they will get used to him or not.
“Kung hindi niyo nagustuhan ang mga ginagawa ko, pasensya na po,” he said. “Ngayon ‘pag dumating ang panahon na hindi niyo kayang lunukin ang mga sinabi ko, problema niyo na ‘yun.”
Duterte said the ratings dip will not stop him from performing his duties.
“Ngayon ‘yung ratings, kahit mag-zero, magtrabaho ako. Hindi ako ‘yung ‘pag sinabing maging unpopular – Hindi ka lalaki niyan,” he said. “Hindi ako nasaktan dito sa satisfaction-satisfaction. For all I care,” the Chief Executive added.
In the survey, Duterte’s satisfaction and trust ratings dropped from 78 percent and 82 percent in June to 67 percent and 73 percent in September.
Malacañang said it was expected as Duterte’s one-year honeymoon period is now over and the public is now managing their expectations.
“These things usually happen, this is traditionally happening, a year or a year-and-a-half. But the love is still there,” presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said.
