VICE President Maria Leonor 'Leni' Robredo received a negative net approval rating in the Pahayag First Quarter survey of Publicus conducted from March 30 to April 6, 2022.

32.3 percent of respondents said that they approve of her performance in the past twelve months, while 42.2 percent said otherwise, resulting in a -9.9 percent net approval rating for Robredo.

Among top officials of government — president, vice president, senate president, house speaker and chief justice — she was the only one with more disapproval votes versus approval votes from respondents.

President Rodrigo Duterte received the highest net approval rating of +52 percent (67.2 percent approval, 15.2 percent disapproval), maintaining his high approval rating months before stepping down from office in June.

Other top government officials, Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto 3rd, Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco received net approval ratings of +15.8, +8.2, and +2.3 percent respectively.

“The data suggest a harsh electoral climate for opposition standard bearers going into the May 9 election. The majority of voters are likely looking for a candidate who would continue the policies and programs of the popular outgoing president – not someone who would oppose them,” said Mr. Aureli Sinsuat, Executive Director of PUBLiCUS.

Publicus surveyed 1,500 respondents randomly drawn from a market research panel of Purespectrum with over 200,000 Filipinos. The survey has a ±3 percent margin of error.