Senate, House prepares to ratify P2.606 - trillion budget
The bicameral conference committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives approved yesterday a consolidated version of the proposed 2.606trillion national budget for 2015, with realignments totaling 72.5 billion.
The report of the committees were expected to be ratified separately by both chambers upon submission by Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance; and his counterpart in the House of Representatives.
Malacañang attributed the improvement in President Aquino’s trust rating to the efforts of the administration to conduct programs that would directly benefit the people.
In the nationwide survey conducted from November 27 to December 1, 63 percent of the respondents said they are satisfied with President Aquino’s performance in the past three months, while 24 percent are dissatisfied.
This brings the President’s net satisfaction rating to +39 (percentage of satisfied minus percentage of dissatisfied), or up five points from third quarter’s +34 (59 percent satisfied and 25 percent dissatisfied). While it is higher, SWS said President Aquino’s net rating remains “good.”
Net satisfaction ratings of +70 and above is classified by SWS as “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.”
Pro-people programs “Where do we credit? Perhaps it’s the good work that continues to show and the efforts that the administration puts in to push for programs that would directly benefit the people,” Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said yesterday.
“We note that from the decline last June for the second quarter, so far the numbers have consistently been going up, and we extend our appreciation to the people for their continued support for President Aquino and his administration,” she said.
President Aquino’s highest net satisfaction rating so far is +67 recorded in August 2012.
The results of the last round of survey for 2014, which used face-to-face interviews of 1,800 respondents were first published on BusinessWorld yesterday.
SWS attributed the improvement in the overall net satisfaction rating of the President to the increase in his ratings in the rest of Luzon from +29 to +39; in Mindanao from +43 to +46; and Metro Manila from +22 to +23.
President Aquino’s net score in urban areas also improved from +27 to +37.
His net rating in the Visayas was down one point from +43 to +42 but up by one point among rural areas from +40 to +41.
By social status, the President’s net rating saw a 22-point increase from +27 to + 49 among upper- to- middle class ABC.
His net rating among the poorest class E also increased from +38 to +45 and among the “masa” or Class D from +34 to +37.
By gender, President Aquino’s net rating among men improved from +31 to +36. It also saw a five-point increase among women from +37 to +42. (With a report from Madel Sabater Namit)