An analyst said on Thursday, October 6 said that amid controversies in his first 100 days in office, President Duterte is most likely to be "one of the very best presidents" of the Philippines.
Edmund Tayao, University of Sto. Tomas science professor said President Duterte is popular among Filipinos because his administration dealt with the most basic of services in its first 100 days.
Results of the latest SWS survey show that Duterte has a net satisfaction rating of +64 or "very good," with 76 percent of Filipinos said they were satisfied while 11 percent said they were dissatisfied. Meanwhile, 13 percent were undecided regarding the president's performance.
Tayao explained that the only reason President Duterte is being criticized is because of his strong language and controversial pronouncements.
"Even with the very strong words and the supposed intent to find a
more independent foreign and security policy, the downside is that it is lost in the words of the president, in the wrong choice of words. That is the only reason why you have all these negative comments or criticism. But if that can be improved, then I'm inclined to think that this president will end up to be one of the very best presidents we've ever had," Tayao said.
Commenting on the government's intensive war against drugs, Tayao said he hopes the initiative will result to institutional reforms as far as policing, investigation and adjudication are concerned.
According to him: "The only thing lacking as far as the drug war is concerned, is the lack of focus on how will this administration make sure that eventually, you don't have to fight this kind of organized crime in the same manner that it is doing," Tayao said.
Source: ABS-CBN
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