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TEMPO.CO, Manila – Philippine Indonesian leader Rodrigo Duterte suffered the biggest slowdown in his presidency in the third quarter, according to a poll on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Duterte's approval rate, a measure of its performance, dropped by 13 points, to 75%, in a survey of 1,800 Filipinos of voting age by Pulse Asia this month.
His confidence rating, which assesses the feeling about his personality, dropped by 15 points to 72%. A similar poll in June earned him 88% and 87% respectively.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Duterte, who had been in power since June 2016, was puzzled by the ratings and focused on his work.
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"We are not affected because the president will do his best to carry out his duties," Roque said at a regular press briefing. "I think it's still a very good rating."
Roque said rising inflation could have triggered lower ratings as rising rice prices overturned the administration's gains in other areas.
The survey was conducted during the first week of September, when official data indicated annual inflation of 6.4% in August, the highest in almost a decade.
Calls were launched to abolish the grain import agency and, within a week, a corruption complaint was filed against his chief, who has since resigned.
Another Filipino pollster, Social Weather Stations, released this month the results of a second-quarter survey that showed confidence in Duterte had fallen to its lowest level during his presidency, although he maintained a rating of "very good".
REUTERS
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