THE newest survey shows that people appreciate the work the House of Representatives has been doing, including the impeachment of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, Deputy Speaker Jay Khonghun of Zambales said Thursday.
“Nakikita ng ating mga kababayan na natatrabaho ang kanilang mga inihalal na kinatawan sa Kongreso. Nagpapasalamat po kami sa patuloy ninyong suporta,” Khonghun said.
Khonghun made the statement in reaction to the Tangere survey showing that the House has maintained its 51-percent satisfaction rating and its 52-percent trust rating.
According to Tangere, negative sentiment toward the larger chamber of Congress eased, with dissatisfaction declining to 29 percent and distrust dropping to 30 percent.
The poll was taken from May 12 to 13 and coincided with the House impeachment hearings, which led to the transmittal by the chamber to the Senate of the impeachment charges against the Vice President.
The survey also showed that 52 percent of respondents supported the impeachment, while 37 percent opposed it.
Khonghun said it is clear that the public kept abreast of the impeachment proceedings and continue to support the process as reflected in the survey.
“This is consistent with previous polls showing that they want Vice President Sara Duterte to face an impeachment trial for alleged constitutional offenses, including graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust, alleged ill-gotten wealth, failure to declare certain wealth, and threats she made against President Marcos Jr., the First Lady and former Speaker Martin Romualdez,” he said.
Now that the House has transmitted the articles of impeachment, Khonghun said members of the larger chamber are hoping that the Senate would proceed with the trial “forthwith” as mandated by the Constitution.
“We are banking on the statement of new Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano that the Senate would conduct a trial forthwith,” he added.
Khonghun also attributed the respectable trust and satisfaction ratings of the House to the “firm and transformative” leadership of the chamber led by Speaker Faustino ‘Bojie’ G. Dy III and Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander Marcos.”
“They kept all of us working. Under their guidance, the House has passed 20 priority legislative measures endorsed by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC),” he said.
“The people see and recognize that we not only processed the impeachment complaints filed against the Vice President, but we worked on measures that needed to be passed and which will help our people, especially the poor,” he said.
The LEDAC measures that have already been approved by the House of Representatives include Resetting the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which has already become law.
