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MANILA (Reuters) – President Ferdinand Marcos has suffered a “important” decline in his reputation as rising shopper costs within the Philippines undermine his help, a polling group mentioned on Monday.
The Pulse Asia Survey, performed from September 10 to 14, discovered that 65% of 1,200 respondents authorized of the president’s efficiency, down 15 factors from 80% in a June ballot, marking the primary decline in approval scores for the son of the late Filipino strongman, additionally Ferdinand Marcos.
Marcos received a landslide victory in final yr’s presidential election, the primary victory with a majority since a 1986 “individuals energy” rebellion that ended his father’s two-decade rule. The elder Marcos died in Hawaii in 1989.
“The continued rise in costs of primary items and companies and the unfulfilled promise to scale back them” probably triggered the “important” drop in approval scores, mentioned Ronald Holmes, president of Pulse Asia.
Marcos’ presidential communications workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Marcos, who can be agriculture minister, has struggled to maintain inflation below management, with the tempo of worth will increase nonetheless outdoors the federal government’s 2%-4% goal regardless of interventions comparable to cuts in meals tariffs.
Annual inflation stood at 6.6% on the finish of August.
Final month, Marcos imposed worth ceilings on rice.
Vice President Sara Duterte, daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, additionally suffered a drop in approval scores, from 11 factors to 73%.
($1 = 56.60 Philippine pesos)
(Reporting by Mikhail Flores; Modifying by Robert Birsel)
Philippines’ Marcos suffers a ‘important’ drop in approval ranking
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