At least 59 percent of Filipinos are now in favor of the Philippines rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC) with 55 percent also supportive of plans to seriously look into allegations of crimes against humanity that occurred in the previous administration, according to the latest OCTA Research survey.
Polling was conducted between Dec. 10 to 14 last year with 1,200 male and female respondents aged 18 years and above. Results of the study were released Sunday, showing that 59 percent agree it is time for the country to work with ICC again as opposed to 41 percent, who thought otherwise.
“Across different major areas, the percentage of adult Filipinos who favor this idea ranges from 51 percent to 65 percent. The highest support is in Balance Luzon (65 percent), while the lowest is in Mindanao (51 percent),” OCTA Research said in its technical report.
“Consequently, the percentage of adult Filipinos not in favor of the Philippines rejoining the ICC as a member is highest in Mindanao (49 percent) and lowest in Balance Luzon (35 percent),” the polling firm added.
The same survey also found that 55 percent of Filipinos are in favor of the Philippine government cooperating with the ICC to investigate drug-related killings during the regime of former President Rodrigo Duterte against 45 percent who disagreed.
Highest support for this initiative was recorded in Balance Luzon (65 percent) and the lowest was in Mindanao (42 percent).
“The percentage of adult Filipinos who do not favor the government cooperating with the ICC in its investigation is highest in Mindanao (58 percent) and lowest in Balance Luzon (35 percent),” OCTA noted in its latest “Tugon ng Masa” survey.
“This survey has a ±3 percent margin of error at a 95 percent confidence level. Subnational estimates for the geographic areas covered in the survey have the following margins of error at a 95 percent confidence level: ±6 percent for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao,” the firm said.