{"id":120203,"date":"2017-09-29T03:02:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T07:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=120203"},"modified":"2017-09-29T03:04:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T07:04:42","slug":"majority-of-filipinos-rejects-pnps-nanlaban-narrative-sws-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/29\/majority-of-filipinos-rejects-pnps-nanlaban-narrative-sws-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Filipinos rejects PNP\u2019s \u2018nanlaban\u2019 narrative\u2014SWS survey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Philippine National Police personnel on December 31 at the National Headquarters (Photo<\/a>: Philippine National Police\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2014Majority of Filipinos thinks that persons killed by the police in its campaign against illegal drugs did not resist arrests, a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.<\/p>\n

In the survey conducted by the social research institution SWS from June 23 to 26, respondents were asked whether they agree or not with this statement: \u201cMarami sa mga pinatay ng mga pulis sa kampanya laban sa ilegal na droga ay hindi totoong nanlaban sa pulis<\/em> [Many of those killed by the police in its campaign against illegal drugs did not really resist arrests].\u201d<\/p>\n

Twenty percent of the respondents strongly agreed with the statement while 34% somewhat agreed. Only 8% strongly disagreed while 12% said they somewhat disagree. The rest of the respondents were undecided.<\/p>\n

The respondents are composed of 300 persons each from Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, totaling to 1200.<\/p>\n

Metro Manila, with 63%, has the highest number of respondents who said that they don\u2019t believe in the police\u2019s \u2018nanlaban<\/em>\u2019 narrative. Second is Luzon with 56%. Forty-nine percent of respondents from both Visayas and Mindanao believe the same.<\/p>\n

Finger-pointing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a large number of the respondents believe that many are simply telling on their enemies so they could be killed by the police or vigilantes.<\/p>\n

Respondents were asked whether they agree or not with this statetement: \u201cMarami ang nagsisinungaling at itinuturo ang kanilang mga personal na kaaway bilang<\/em> drug user\/pusher para mabigyang dahilan na patayin ang mga taong ito ng mga pulis o <\/em>vigilante [Many are lying and pointing at their personal enemies as drug user\/pusher so an excuse could be given for these people to be killed by the police or vigilante].\u201d<\/p>\n

Forty-nine percent of the respondents agreed with the statement while 24% disagreed. The rest were undecided.<\/p>\n

Out of the 49% who agreed, 17% strongly agreed while 32% somewhat agreed. Eleven percent of those who don\u2019t believe the statement disagreed to it strongly while 13% somewhat disagreed.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the respondents were divided when asked if most of those killed in the anti-illegal drugs operations weren\u2019t really drug pushers.<\/p>\n

They were asked whether they agree or not with this statement: \u201cMarami sa mga pinatay ng mga pulis sa kampanya laban sa ilegal na droga ay hindi naman talaga mga nagtutulak ng droga o drug pusher<\/em> [Many of those killed by the police in the campaign against illegal drugs weren\u2019t really pushing drugs or drug pushers].\u201d<\/p>\n

Half of the respondents agreed with the statement while the other half disagreed.<\/p>\n

The SWS survey didn\u2019t sit well with Malacanang. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the answers may have been \u201cinfluenced\u201d because respondents were asked \u201cleading\u201d questions.<\/p>\n

“It seems the 2nd Quarter Social Weather Stations (SWS) Survey contains leading and pointed questions that may have unduly influenced the answers of respondents,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We expect pollsters to exercise prudence and objectivity to arrive at a closer approximation of public sentiment,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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