Three Metro Manila mayors emerged with top approval ratings from their constituents, according to a recent survey.
Quezon City Mayor Josefina “Joy” Belmonte got the top approval rating of 85%, followed by Pasig City Mayor Victor Maria Regis “Vico” Sotto and Manila Mayor Franciso “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, with 82% and 77%, respectively.
The survey was conducted by RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMDinc) through face-to-face interviews of 3,500 respondents. They were asked to rate their respective mayors based on their over-all job performance in 2020.
“Our previous survey, June 2020 NCR Mayor’s Performance Review in addressing and responding to Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) situation pushed LGUs (local government units) to step up their game,” said Dr. Paul Martinez of RPMDinc. “This time our survey was conducted with the intention to assess the over-all performance of NCR mayors for the year 2020 and to gauge their re-election bid,” he continued.
Following the three mayors were Rex Gatchalian of Valenzuela City with 75%; Marcelino Teodoro of Marikina, 72%; Mayor Tobias Tiangco of Navotas, 69%; Lino Edgardo Cayetano of Taguig City, 67%; Mar-len Abigail Binay of Makati City, 64%; Carmelita Abalos of Mandaluyong City, 55%; and Francis Zamora of San Juan,53%.
The respondents were also asked if they would vote for their mayors if they run for re-election.
Sotto got the highest rating at 77%, followed by Belmonte, 75%; Moreno, 72%; Teodoro, 65%; Cayetano, 63%; Tiangco, 61%; Binay, 60%; and Abalos, 51%.
Gatchalian is a last-termer but 70% of the respondents still would support him if he were to run for another local position.
The randomly chosen respondents of the survey, held from Dec. 5 to 15, 2020, were registered voters and aged 18 to 70.