That was released yesterday. Its 57,5% ( the lowest for a new president)
https://politica.estadao.com.br/not...o-de-57-5-dos-brasileiros-diz-cnt,70002736383
Most people believe that if the ratings gets lower, they will kick him out, so the vice president gets in power (a retired general)
Wow, that's low compared to Duterte.
The thing that's very dissapointing with the most leftward and progressive in the Philippine government during 2016 was that they Supported Duterte, yes really, despite Duterte's bigotry and his promise of a bloody War on Drugs during the campaign.
Why, because Duterte was courting the left (and at the same time, also the right). On the left front, Duterte had history of being friendly with the Communist Party of the Philippines and the armed wing New People's army during his Davao mayoral days.
For the left in particular, he was saying how he was a socialist, how he was gonna end contractualization and, the most important one, how he was gonna have Peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines - National Democratic front (CPP-NDFP) and in which he promised to appoint positions picked by the CPP-NDFP, which was something the previous presidents have never done.
In fairness, the peace talks did occur, and CPP-picked left / progressive appointees did get, appointed, three of them (one in Social Welfare, one in Agragrian Reform, one in Poverty) and Duterte also hand-picked a progressive as a secretary for the Department of Enivronment and National Resources.
Two of the appointees got ousted by Congress due to.... conflicts of interest (the environment one immediately issued closure of tons of mining operations from private companies that violated environmental regulations) and the rest followed.
The Makabyan bloc, the left-wing coalition in the congress dropped their support for Duterte after this, but this was a year into his presidency, months after the start of the war on drugs, months after the Dictator Marcos got moved into the Burial for Heroes..
Sure, they criticized him during that period, but they were soft.
After that, the Makabayan bloc joined the opposition against Duterte and of course, they became way more critical of him where before, it was limited. The peace talks with the CPP-NDF ended after which, Duterte tagged them, and many left-wing groups and progressives as terrorists.
Since late 2017, the left have been very large critics of Duterte, but there was a period in time when they compromised and supported him due to the opportunity Duterte gave them (actual left-wing representation in high government positions). Heck during July 2016, the communist party of the Philippines as well as its armed wing, the Marxist-Lennist-Maoist insurgency in the form of the New People's Army offered help for the War on Drugs (which they withdrew the following month).They helped Duterte become president despite all the other things he was saying during his campaign and despite the existince of his Death Squad.
