SC rating plunges
MANILA — Amid a quo warranto case initiated against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Supreme Court (SC)'s net satisfaction rating plunged 17 points in the first quarter of 2018 in a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
It was the high tribunal's lowest rating in six years since a moderate +13 in May 2012, according to SWS. The Senate and House of Representatives also suffered significant drops in their satisfaction ratings.
The SC's rating fell by one grade from good to moderate at +20 (45 percent satisfied and 24 percent dissatisfied) in March 2018, down by 17 points from +37 in December 2017.
Its net satisfaction rating fell by one grade from very good to good in the Visayas, at +33 from +50 in the previous quarter. In Mindanao, the rating dropped by one grade from good to moderate at +20 in March, down by 21 points from +41 in December.
Ratings also fell by one grade from good to moderate in balance Luzon at +19 in March, down 17 points from +35 in December 2017. In Metro Manila, ratings slid by one grade from moderate to neutral in at +6, down by 11 points from +17.
Meanwhile, the Senate's net satisfaction rating also fell from "very good" to "good" in the first quarter of the year.
The survey found 61 percent satisfied and 16 percent dissatisfied with the performance of the Senate, resulting in a net satisfaction score of +45. This was down by 11 points from +56 in December 2017 and the lowest since a grade of a good +41 in April 2016. The Senate's net satisfaction rating dropped in all classes, except class ABCs, SWS said.
The House of Representatives also suffered an eight-point decline in its net satisfaction score in the first three months of 2018. It registered a net satisfaction rating of +35 (52 percent satisfied and 17 percent dissatisfied).
The Cabinet's net satisfaction rating fell by one grade to moderate +28, the lowest in almost two years since the moderate +22 in April 2016.
The poll was conducted from March 23 to 27, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide. —