Online poll: Duterte receives passing mark from netizens

Netizens give President Rodrigo Duterte a passing mark during an online poll launched by CDN Digitial, through a #CDNPoll days before the State of the Nation Address today, Monday, July 26, 2020.

Of the 2,000 netizens who participated, around 2,000 gave Duterte a passing mark, saying leading the “challenging” country is hard since 2016.

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I think he passed, to be a leader in this country is too hard, for me, to survive a 4 years leadership is an achievement, nobody’s perfect, no matter how good is leader’s intentions, [the] people [surrounding] have their own agenda and standards,” a netizen wrote.

A netizen who was satisfied with Duterte’s performance said the President is better than the previous ones.

“If compared to [the] previous admin, I think [Pres. Duterte] is far better… Regarding economy/unemployment and others, I think all [countries] have this problem, [there is] no country that is 100% ready with this pandemic, all are currently work in progress even big countries,” another netizen commented.

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Most of those who gave Duterte a failed mark cited the coronavirus response of the government and the current condition of health workers and the healthcare system.

“But really though, his performance this year is really not great. Our healthcare system is subpar, corruption is very rampant, our economy is crashing. His administration is putting us all in jeopardy,” another netizen said.

Another netizen meanwhile blamed the delayed implementation of the travel ban in the country for the spread of the virus here as well as the administration’s massive loans for COVID-19 response.

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“FAIL: The late travel ban proved to be costly. Hurot ang bilyones.. Utang kay trilyones,” a netizen said.

“Overall he PASSED however he FAILED [in] handling this pandemic,” another netizen said.

“FAIL… no one [went] to jail for CORRUPTION.. especially his allies,” a netizen remarked.

“Campaign promises [were] turned into jokes. Turned blind into allied corrupt officials. Didn’t [pass] on COVID infection reduction and [on] passing a bill on anti-dynasty Law. Big F,” another said.

“Please remind the president regarding ENDO, which he promised to solve in his last SONA,” a netizen said.