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Only the poor drug pushers get killed, says SWS survey

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THREE out of five Filipinos believe that only the poor drug pushers are being killed in the government’s bloody drug war, the latest Social Weather Stations survey revealed Monday. 

In the latest survey fielded among 1,200 respondents, some 60 percent agreed that only those who were economically-disadvantaged were being killed as a result of the President’s drug war, with 33 percent saying they “strongly agree” while 27 percent said they “somewhat agree.” 

Indecision, meanwhile, is at 17 percent.

Another 23 percent disagreed with the survey question, with 12 percent saying they “somewhat disagree” and 11 percent expressed “strongly disagree” with the statement. 

Across geographical regions, the highest proportion of those who agreed that only poor drug pushers were killed came from Metro Manila with 75 percent; followed by Mindanao with 59 percent; Balance Luzon with 58 percent and the Visayas with 53 percent. 

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Also in the same survey, 74 percent or 3 out of 4 agreed that President Rodrigo Duterte should first expose his list of drug personalities and charge them in court, while 12 percent disagreed and 14 percent were undecided. 

Across geographical regions, agreement that President Duterte should make his list of drug personalities public and charge those in the list in court was highest in Metro Manila at 82 percent; followed by Balance Luzon at 75 percent; Mindanao at 71 percent and the Visayas at 69 percent. 

The survey, conducted from June 23-26 has sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages.

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