Filipinos do not ask much from the government, results of EON’s Philippines Trust Index survey this year showed.
All they want is that their government “not be corrupt.”
Cora P. Guidote,SM Investment Corporation senior vice president for Investor Relations, one of the panelists in the presentation of EON PTI survey results last Monday, took note of that saying that normally, one says he wants an honest leader.
“The consciousness is about corruption,“Guidote said adding,” How can we aspire for an honest leader when we don’t even articulate what we want for a leader. “
An honest person is more than just not corrupt. It involves a higher sense of morality and integrity. One can be “not corrupt” but not totally an honest person.
For the Filipino people what they ask most from government officials is not to steal their money. That simple.
The sad thing about it is that “only less than 2 of 10 Filipinos ‘strongly agree’ that the government isn’t,” the survey showed.
EON’s 2014 PTI survey, conducted March and June this year, had 1,646 respondents nationwide both urban and rural areas.
EON, a business communications consultancy, had two sets of respondents: General Public(at least 18 years old, majority have not reached higher than 2nd year college, belong to Economic Class A to E, active use of different forms of media –broadcast, print, online) and Informed Public (adult Filipinos aged 25 years and above, with educational attainment of at least 3rd year college, belong to economic class A to C, and extensive access to print, online and broadcast media.)
This is the third PTI and is described by EON’s chairman and chief executive officer Junie del Mundo as “more robust as ever.”
It’s a deeper look into “an ever dynamic environment, where technology and changing social norms converge with our deep secret beliefs and traditions as a people, “ Del Mundo said.
It focused on six institutions: government, church, academe, media, business, and non-government organizations.
It is noteworthy that the Informed Public generally gave lower scores than the General Public.
The government got the lowest trust rating (GP, 11 percent, IP 7 percent) with the Church as the most trusted (GP 75 percent, IP 66 percent).
Second most trusted is Academe (GP53, IP45 percent ); Media (GP 33, IP32 percent), Business (GP13, IP 10 percent) , and a little higher than the government is NGOs (GP12, IP9 percent).
In the government sector, the Office of the President suffered the biggest drop, 12 points among the GP (from 28 percent in the 2013 PTI to this year’s 16 percent) and nine percent among the IP (from 24 to 15 percent).
The Senate was pushed down to the least trusted among government agencies (GP, from 15 to 7 percent; IP from 13 to four percent).
The Senate shares the cellar with the House of Representatives (GP, 9 percent, IP six percent).
For the General Public, the Cabinet got the highest trust rating with 17 percent, down from last year’s 19 percent.
Could it be that the President’s practice of taking the bullet for members of his cabinet involved in controversies took its toll on the people’s trust on him?
For the Informed public, it’s the Local Government Units that are the most trusted.
While 40.3 percent of the General Public said the most important driver for them to trust the government is “not corrupt,” only 11.7 percent said “competent leaders.” The number said, “provides basic needs of the poor.”
There are more interesting aspects of EON’s PTI survey which we hope to discuss in future columns.
“The results show that trust is dynamic and that it can be built and eroded. It also highlighted that for Filipinos, trust can break communication barriers and is a tool that grounds relationships, which is why it will always be worthwhile to invest in building trust,” shared Malyn Molina, EON Assistant Vice President for Business Development and Strategic Planning.
The 2014 PTI Executive Summary:
What is meant by Church?
If the Church (if that meant the Catholic Church) is the most Trusted institution, then the results speak volume.
This is a very good social experiment…it also speaks Volume…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9rFprD_Qf4
Too much adlibbing and too little science or math.
Trust? Napa-nebulous namang tanong. Trust in what sense? That they will not steal? That they will be transparent or tell the truth? That they will be fair?
At para mo nang awa Ellen, sukang suka na ako sa paeans to Canada, na wala namang connection sa topic. Wala namang pumapatol. Napaka-dense naman.
Maybe you need dense skin dahil maginaw sa Canada.
Here is something up your alley, about privacy, and the use of facebook. I got this alert from Father Ranhilo Aquino. It is the case of the STC Cebu students who had bikini clad photos in their facebook accounts. No violation of privacy daw, sabi ng mga lumang utot (old farts) – Presbiterio Velasco, Diosdado Peralta, Martin Villarama, Bienvenido Reyes, and that justice by persistence, Jardeleza.
Velasco used two US precedents, US v. Gines-Perez, and US v Maxwell, a military appellate case. They were decided before the advent of facebook and privacy settings. Gines-Perez involved posting a photo on the internet for commercial purposes (a store website) – definitely a public posting. Maxwell was about photos sent by email. The court said the FBI still needed a search warrant to view other photos. The STC viewed other photos on the account of a facebook friend of the students. Hindi ba fruit of the poisonous tree yan, dahil nakinabang ang STC sa viewing of a friend, even if STC was not a friend?
Wonder what the facebook and twitter denizen Leonen would have said were he in the division.
Read the decision in the link below:
http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jurisprudence/2014/september2014/202666.pdf
SnV #4, I took note of the SC decision on the STC case.
But what I agree with what was stressed in the decision that in reality there is no such thing as “private” in FB.
a leader cannot be considered NOT corrupt IF he ONLY trains his gun on his enemies while turning his face away from what his allies and always coming to their defense whenever caught with pants down.
#5. whatever one is posting personal in FB even in “private” is as clear as sharing with others what he/she wants to share with his/her selected friends.
kaya nga social media, eh.
privacy is only considered in a room or place not accessible to others.
#6. Agreed, Magno. Kahit hindi korap si Noynoy, kung ang perception ng publiko sa gobyernong kanyang pinamumunuan ay korap, suma total ganun rin siya. Wala ring kwenta ang kanyang fight against corruption sa daang patuwad-tuwad.
I can appreciate that there seemed to be no cover up to the alleged plunders of Bong, Jinggoy and Lolo Johnny. Pero natatakpan lahat ng effort nya kasi he refused to let go of the likes of Abad na talaga naming nakakaalibadbad ang pagka-magikero.
like i always say nonynoy is learned from goyang in almost all aspects in running his government. bakit?
1. whenever NOYNOY faces the public, like da goyang PURING PURI niya ang kanyang sarili sa mga accomlishments na hindi naman maramdaman ng madlang pipol.
2. habang ipinagbibidahan niyang lumalago ang economy under his watch (gayang gaya sa cheatser niya) he ignores the fact na napakarami sa paligid ng malakanyang ang WALANG tirahang sa bangketa natutulog, walang makain, walang hanapbuhay at lalo’t higit ay karamihan sa kanila ay dilat ang matang NAMAMATAY nang hindi nakakatikim ng gamot.
3. kapag ang kanyang KKKKKK ang nasasangkot sa controversy ARROGANTLY he defends anyone among them kahit nariyan na’t nagdudumilat ang ebidensiya.
LIDER BA ‘YAN NG kanyang tinatawag palagi na mga BOSS niya?