manila philippine president rodrigo duterte retain high public approval rat opinion poll release friday stark contrast different survey early week show sharp decline trust satisfaction maverick leader eighty percent 1,200 filipinos survey pollster pulse asia late last month say trust approve duterte slightly 81 percent 82 percent respectively june survey approval rat president performance trust relate personality pulse survey ask respondents give reason poll social weather station conduct time release sunday show trust satisfaction duterte also rat personality performance fell low presidency fall 15 point 18 point respectively significant come demonstration thousands filipinos unprecedented public scrutiny war drug trigger aug. 16 kill police teenager thousands filipinos kill past 15 months police insist none execute activists allege duterte week order police stand campaign say motivate decision office say shift focus towards big target analysts unable explain big difference result survey two well-respected pollsters academic edmund tayao say pulse poll show public still recognize importance war drug duterte would stick policy agenda president tone change regardless number tayao say whether survey result major change policy think ranjit rye university philippines say late poll show despite recent setbacks adverse headline duterte lose appeal despite political noise opposition president continue wildly popular people approve leadership rye say presidential spokesman ernesto abella say enormous amount appreciation duterte suggest early poll may form orchestrate information disinformation us speculate seem particular effort order put president administration particular light tell reporters new poll show philippine president still hugely popular