(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Few adults in the Philippines believe their current president should stay in office after her term expires, according to a poll by Social Weather Stations. 64 per cent of respondents disagree with a “charter change” that will allow Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to still be the chief official of the country in the second half of 2010.
Arroyo took over as president in January 2001, following the resignation of Joseph Estrada. Arroyo won a six-year term in the June 2004 presidential election, garnering 39.99 per cent of all cast ballots. The next election is tentatively scheduled for June 2010. Arroyo is ineligible for a consecutive term in office.
