Rights, EJKs grades dip in Duterte ‘report card’
The Duterte government’s grades on protection of human rights and land distribution suffered a downgrade from “very good” to “good,” and solving cases of extrajudicial killings from “good” to “moderate” in the Social Weather Stations (SWS) Governance Report Card.
Meanwhile, the government had received “very good” grades on its efforts to help the poor, protect the environment, defend the country’s territorial rights, and provide jobs.
SWS asked 1,500 respondents to rate the performance of the Duterte administration on 17 specific subjects last Sept. 23-27. The pollster called this its “Governance Report Card.”
The net rating of the national administration was “very good” on helping the poor (+67), protecting the environment (+58), defending the country’s territorial rights (+52), and providing jobs (+50).
It was “good” on distributing lands to deserving tillers under land reform (+49), fighting terrorism (+47), protecting human rights(+46), foreign relations (+40), reconciling with Muslim rebels (+38), eradicating graft and corruption (+35), reconciling with communist rebels (+35), and fighting crimes (+30).
Meanwhile, it was “moderate” on ensuring that no family will ever be hungry (+29), recovering the “hidden wealth” stolen by Marcos and his cronies (+28), resolving the traffic problem (+22), solving the problem of extra judicial killings (+22), and fighting inflation (+21).
SWS noted that the national administration’s net rating has improved on one specific subject, declined on four, and steady on others, compared to when they were last surveyed.
The government’s net rating rose by one grade from “good” to “very good” on protecting the environment, at +58, up by 26 points from +32 in March 2015.
It stayed very good on three specific subjects, namely helping the poor (from +65 in June to +67 in September, defending the country’s territorial rights (from +51 to +52), and providing jobs (from +51 to +50).
Meanwhile, it stayed “good” in six specific subjects, namely reconciling with Muslim rebels (from +32 to +38), reconciling with communist rebels (from +31 to +35), and fighting terrorism (from +49 to +47).
The administration’s grades on foreign relations (from +44 to +40), eradicating graft and corruption (from +43 to +35), and fighting crimes (from +43 to +30) had declined but remained “good.”
Its net rating stayed “moderate” on three specific subjects: recovering the “hidden wealth” from the Marcoses and cronies (from +26 to +28), resolving traffic problem (from +25 to +22), and fighting inflation (from +24 to +21).
However, it fell by one grade from “very good” to “good” on two subjects, namely distributing lands (from +53 to +49), and protecting human rights (from +55 to +46).
It fell by one grade from “good” to “moderate” on two subjects.
The net +29 on ensuring that no family will ever be hungry was two points below the good +32 in June, while the net +22 on solving the problem of extra judicial killings was 12 points below the good +34 in June.