January 10, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Most Filipinos are in favor of the ongoing investigation of the quad committee at the House of Representatives, a commissioned survey conducted by Pulse Asia showed.
The survey, conducted from Nov. 26 to Dec. 3 and commissioned by Stratbase group, found that 61 percent of the respondents were in favor of the probe into alleged irregularities in previous programs of the Duterte administration.
This was composed of 20 percent who said they were “strongly” in favor of the quad committee probe, while 41 percent were “somewhat” in favor.
Only 11 percent of the respondents do not favor the probe, while 24 percent said they cannot say if they favor the probe or not. The remaining three percent said they do not have enough knowledge to give an opinion on the matter.
Based on the survey, support for the probe was strongest among respondents in Metro Manila at 73 percent, followed by those in the rest of Luzon at 66 percent, Visayas at 59 percent and Mindanao at 46 percent.
Across socio-economic classes, support for the probe was highest among those in class ABC and D at 64 percent and 62 percent, respectively, followed by those from class E at 52 percent.
Meanwhile, those who do not favor the probe was highest among those in Mindanao, the bailiwick of former president Rodrigo Duterte, at 20 percent. It was followed by those in the Visayas at 14 percent, Metro Manila at eight percent and rest of Luzon at six percent.
Asked what they want the investigations of the quad committee to achieve, some 37 percent selected “to know who are the government officials behind the extrajudicial killings, illegal drugs and illegal POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operator).”
Other answers include to craft laws to address such problems (27 percent); to facilitate the prosecution and conviction of perpetrators, conspirators and the mastermind of the criminal network (11 percent); to promote truth, seek justice and foster healing among Filipinos (nine percent) and to restore public’s trust in government (five percent).
The respondents were only allowed to select one answer.
The Pulse Asia survey had 2,400 respondents and a margin of error of plus/minus two percent.
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