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| Vice President Jejomar C. Binay |
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay has received his highest
satisfaction rating since assuming office in 2010, according to the results of
the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) released Friday.
Binay's latest net satisfaction rating of +76 (82 percent satisfied,
6 percent dissatisfied) is a six-point jump from his previous +70 (79 percent
satisfied, 9 percent dissatisfied).
His latest score is also the highest net satisfaction rating in
history for a Vice President after the first nine quarters in office.
The Vice President said his consistent "excellent"
score and the high satisfaction ratings of President Aquino and other
government leaders are manifestations of public support for the
administration's reform agenda.
"The President is determined to ensure that reforms in
government will lead to an improvement in the lives of our people," he
said.
He credited the President for allowing him to be part of the
Cabinet as chair of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
(HUDCC), presidential adviser for OFW Concerns, chair of the Presidential Task
Force Against Illegal Recruitment (PTFAIR) and chair emeritus of the
Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT).
"I am also grateful to President Noynoy Aquino for his
continued trust in me and for including me in his Cabinet," he added.
Meanwhile, the SWS poll also showed Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte with their highest net scores since
assuming office.
Enrile's rating jumped 17 points to a record-high "very
good" +65 from +48 in the previous quarter, while Belmonte's score rose to
a personal high "moderate" +20, 12 points up from previous
"neutral" +8.
Enrile's score also surpassed the personal best scores of
previous Senate Presidents from Senator Jovito Salonga's +56 in April 1990 to
Senator Manuel Villar's +59 in December 2007.
The Third Quarter 2012 Survey of SWS was conducted from August
24-27, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults all over the country, with
sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages and ±6 percent
for area percentages.
Net scores of +70 and above are considered
"excellent"; +50 to +69, "very good'; +30 to +49,
"good"; +10 to +29, "moderate"; -9 to +9,
"neutral"; -10 to -29, "poor"; -30 to -49, "bad";
-50 to -69, "very bad"; and -70 and below,
"execrable".(PR/BFC)