A survey by the Social Weather Station has noted that 78 percent of Filipinos are worried about the drug-related deaths in the country.
The findings of the Dec. 3 to 6 survey, released last week, revealed that around 45 percent were “very worried” that they would fall victim to such killings, 33 percent were “somewhat worried,” 10 percent were “not too worried,” and 12 percent were “not worried at all.”
Only 28 percent of the 1,500 respondents thought the police were telling the truth when they said suspects were resisting arrest while 29 percent believed they were not telling the truth.
About 39 percent said the extrajudicial killing in the country was a “very serious” problem, 30 percent said it was “somewhat serious,” three percent said it was “not serious at all,” and 22 percent were “undecided.”
The data gathered by SWS said that 71 percent believe it is “very important” that drug suspects are caught alive, 23 percent said it is “somewhat important,” four percent said it is “somewhat not important” and one percent said it is “not at all important.”
The SWS also noted that 38 percent of the respondents said the Duterte administration was “very serious” about solving the summary executions of drug personalities, 32 percent said it was “somewhat serious.”
The poll used sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages, ±4 percent for Balance Luzon, and ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao.
On the other hand, the same survey revealed that the Duterte administration yielded an “excellent” net satisfaction rating in its deadly campaign against narcotics trade.
85 percent of the respondents were satisfied with the drug war. Fifty-three percent of the said 85 percent were “very satisfied” while 32 percent were “somewhat satisfied.” Only eight percent were dissatisfied by the way the administration handles the drug menace (five percent “somewhat dissatisfied; three percent “very dissatisfied”). Seven percent of the respondents were ambivalent on the matter.
The poll result obtained an “excellent” net satisfaction score of +77 in the fourth quarter, steady from +76 registered in the third quarter.
Eighty-eight percent believed that the illegal drug trade declined in their respective area since President Duterte assumed office. Two percent said they “somewhat disagree,” one percent stressed they “strongly disagree,” and nine percent were “undecided.”
