Published - President Benigno Aquino Failed

by ester Manalastas, journal.com.ph

HIS failure to deliver on his promises of more jobs and less corruption is the main reason why President Benigno Aquino’s ratings continue to drop, lawmakers  said yesterday.

Minority Leader Edcel Lagman said that instead of looking for solutions to  problems on unemployment and rising cost of fuel and basic commodities, Aquino is busy blaming previous administrations for their alleged mistakes.

“Lackadaisical performance jives well with the law of gravity,” Lagman said, adding that Aquino’s net rating of +46, with 18 percent of respondents dissatisfied, is a grudging concession of voters trying to justify or rationalize their having voted for Aquino.

“It is a psychological protection of their choice despite failed expectations,” he added.

Lagman said that even the centerpiece agenda of the President – the eradication of corruption — scored only a “moderate” +14 which means the people are not convinced of the resoluteness of his advocacy.

Compared with the survey in November, the Social Weather Stations latest poll showed that the administration’s net satisfaction rating fell by eight points in the Visayas from 59 to 51, by 20 points in Mindanao from 67 to 47 and by 27 points in Luzon (excluding Metro Manila) from 69 to 42.