This story was taken from Bulatlat, the Philippines's alternative weekly newsmagazine (www.bulatlat.com, www.bulatlat.net, www.bulatlat.org).
Vol. V, No. 37, October 23-29, 2005

 

Corruption in Arroyo Gov’t is Severe – IBON Survey

The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing, according to recent IBON survey.

By IBON Foundation
Posted by Bulatlat
The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing, according to the results of the third quarter IBON nationwide survey.

IBON Executive Director Rosario Bella Guzman said, "This is due to persistent questions of whether President Arroyo rigged the 2004 elections and used public funds to do so."

Similarly, the administration's move of sending to exile abroad the President’s husband, Miguel Arroyo, has not helped to remove the stain of corruption from her administration. He has been accused of allegations of influence-peddling and taking kickbacks from jueteng since Mrs. Arroyo took office in January 2001.

 "No amount of physical absence can make people forget corruption allegations against the Arroyo administration," said Guzman. "People have not put these behind them because these allegations have yet to be resolved."

About 82.1 percent of the respondents believed that corruption in the Arroyo government was "severe," a sharp rise from the 69.1 percent recorded last quarter. Similarly, respondents who believed that corruption in the government was "minimal" fell to 5.9 percent from 11.2 percent in the previous quarter.

The IBON survey was conducted nationwide Sept. 26-Oct. 7 with 1,366 respondents. The margin of error is + or -3 percent.

Below is the tabulation of the results of the people's perception on corruption in the Arroyo government.

Ibon survey: In your opinion, how will you describe
the corruption in the Arroyo government?
  Sept. 2005 July 2005 March 2005
Severe

82.06

69.11 

79.85
Not that bad

7.10

9.79

8.51
Minimal 

5.86

11.17

3.63
None

0.51

1.45

0.33
Don’t know

3.66

7.98

7.68
No Answer

0.81

0.51

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The full results of the 3rd quarter IBON Survey is available at www.ibon.org.
 

 

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