MANILA, Philippines – The number of Filipinos who want President Benigno Aquino III to stay in power outnumber that of those who want him to resign, a Pulse Asia survey revealed.
Graph of the latest Pulse Asia survey on whether President Benigno Aquino III should resign now.
The poll showed that 42 percent of the 1,200 respondents disagree with those calling for the resignation of Aquino, despite his being heavily criticized for the Mamasapano debacle and receiving his lowest approval ratings yet.
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Meanwhile, 29 percent said they agreed that the President should resign while 28 percent are undecided.
This is reflected in the National Capital Region (31 percent agree with resignation, 45 percent disagree and 24 percent undecided) and the rest of Luzon (29 percent agree with resignation, 47 percent disagree and 24 percent undecided).
“Public opinion is split three-ways in the Visayas, with 36% being ambivalent on the matter, 34% opposing calls for the President’s resignation now, and 29% supporting such calls,” Pulse Asia said in a release.
In Mindanao, more people expressed disagreement (39 percent) or indecision (34 percent) than agreement with his resignation (26 percent).
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