By Gabriela Baron
Majority of Filipinos want the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to focus on controlling inflation and on increasing the minimum wage of workers, a survey conducted by Pulse Asia found.
Amid the spiraling cost of basic commodities, 57% of Filipino adults said Marcos Jr. must immediately take steps to control inflation.
Meanwhile, 45% of Filipino adults are concerned about the need to increase the pay of workers.
Other urgent concerns also include reducing the poverty of many Filipinos (33%), creating more jobs (29%), fighting graft and corruption in government (20%), and enforcing the law on all (15%).
Meanwhile, 14% of Filipino adults want the new administration to fight criminality, as well as to promote peace in the country.
The survey was conducted among 1,200 adults from June 24 to 27. – ag
