Nearly half of Pinoys say death of innocents in drug war are unavoidable—SWS

The results from the third quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed that 46 percent of Filipinos believe that the killings of innocent citizens cannot be avoided in the Duterte administration’s campaign to fight illegal drugs.

One thousand five hundred respondents were asked whether they agree or not to this statement: “It cannot be avoided that there are innocent citizens who will die in order to completely eradicate the illegal drug problem in the country.”

Twenty-one percent strongly agreed and 24% somewhat agreed while only 35% disagreed. Meanwhile, 19% of the respondents were undecided.

In the same survey, respondents were also asked if they agree or not that “It is right that persons who use illegal drugs or are involved in illegal drug trade are killed.”

Forty-two percent disagreed while 39% agreed. Eighteen percent of the respondents were undecided.

The survey was conducted from September 23-27, 2017.

DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 11/ 02 /17