EIGHT in 10 Filipinos consider Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former House speaker Martin Romualdez “unacceptable,” according to the National Momentum Survey released on Wednesday.
The survey found that 79.7 percent of respondents viewed the alleged threats as unacceptable, while 12.3 percent considered them acceptable. Another 5.4 percent said they were unsure, and 2.6 percent declined to answer.
The poll said public debate has focused on whether Duterte’s remarks constituted a serious threat, but the results suggest that most Filipinos reject the statements regardless of whether they were conditional or not.
Majorities in all regions considered the alleged threats unacceptable, although the figure was lowest in Mindanao at 69.4 percent.
The proportion was higher in Metro Manila at 77.8 percent, Visayas at 76.5 percent, and the rest of Luzon at 86.7 percent.
Across political groups, 70.1 percent of respondents identified as pro-Duterte also said the alleged threats were unacceptable, compared with 82.5 percent of pro-Marcos respondents, 85.1 percent of pro-opposition respondents, and 83.5 percent of independents.
The National Momentum Survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1,438 Filipino adults nationwide from July 13 to 16. It has a margin of error of ±2.6 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.
