As always, we are grateful for the people’s support, as reflected in surveys that have consistently placed us in overwhelmingly positive territory.
We are particularly thankful for the encouraging results regarding our response to calamities and disasters, our delivery of basic education, and our efforts to uplift the poor and provide jobs to all workers.
We likewise appreciate the positive reception of our efforts to build housing, put food on tables, and improve transportation.
However, we maintain that polls are mostly a weathervane for public opinion. They reflect the support we receive for the policies we enact but not necessarily their impact.
In that sense, the truest measure of public service is whether we improve our people’s lives. This remains the primary standard by which we measure our work.
Having said that, we value these periodic mood meter readings as feedback tools that allow us to further enhance our service delivery.
– ES Lucas P. Bersamin
