Philippines has lowest-rated COVID-19 response in ASEAN and some are not surprised
3186 ); Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
ASEAN Studies Center’s “
The State of Southeast Asia 2021 survey report” showed that a majority or 53.7% of its Filipino respondents from a more specialized cohort than those in national surveys disapproved of the Duterte administration’s handling of the public health crisis.
At least 17.9% of the respondents said that they “strongly disapprove” of the government’s response towards the COVID-19 pandemic while 20.9% were “neutral” about the issue.
Around 25.4% were okay with how the crisis is being handled.
Rounded up, 19.4% approved of the Philippine government’s COVID-19 response while 6.0% strongly approved.