SWS: Most Filipinos want to regain control of West Philippine Sea
Credit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:25:14 +0000
ABOUT 93 percent of Filipinos want the Philippines to regain control of the disputed West Philippine Sea, including the islands being occupied by China, according to the latest poll conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
Of the 93 percent, 74 percent said it was “very important” while the remaining 19 percent believed it was “somewhat important” that the Philippines asserted its territorial rights over the contested waters.
Only 1 percent said it was “somewhat not important” and the other 1 percent thought it was “not at all important.”
Four percent, meanwhile, were undecided about the matter.
The latest figure of 93 percent is four points above the 89 percent in December 2018.
Conducted from June 22 to 26, the SWS survey used face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide and has a sampling error margin of ±3 percent for national percentages.
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