Out of Step

Perhaps it’s time for a serious rethink of Vice President Leni Robredo’s political strategy. If current survey trends continue, she may be in dire danger of frittering away all the goodwill she has generated since her surprise election last May.

The Pulse Asia polling outfit released on Monday the results of its latest quarterly trust and approval ratings survey of top government officials and institutions, conducted from September to December last year. The only significant statistical change was a precipitous seven-percent drop in the trust rating of Robredo, from 65 percent to 58 percent.

The political events coinciding with the period, for Robredo, were her resignation from the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte, after she was asked to stop attending its regular meetings; and the Supreme Court decision allowing the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos, which Robredo strongly opposed. Both were supposed to improve Robredo’s stature in the eyes of the public — but the survey shows that the reverse was actually true.

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