MANILA – Forty-one percent of Filipinos support the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, based on the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released recently.
The SWS survey, conducted from December 12 to 18, 2024 and commissioned by Stratbase Consultancy, also revealed that 35 percent opposed the Vice President’s ouster, and 19 percent were undecided.
The highest percentage of impeachment supporters was recorded in Balance Luzon at 50 percent, while 40 percent backed impeachment, 33 percent opposed it, and 24 percent were undecided in Visayas.
In Mindanao, opposition to impeachment was the highest, with 56 percent, only 22 percent of Mindanaoans supported the ouster move, and 18 percent remain undecided.
Among socioeconomic classes, support for Duterte-Carpio’s impeachment was strongest in Classes A, B, C at 50 percent, while the lowest support came from Class E at 37 percent.
The survey noted that the “unexplained spending” of confidential and intelligence funds by the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education during Duterte’s tenure as secretary was the most frequently cited reason for impeachment, with 46 percent of respondents identifying them as the key issue.
Thirty-six percent said the Vice President’s refusal to answer the investigations on the use of confidential funds was also another reason, and 24 percent mentioned her alleged kill threats against President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
SWS’s survey had 2,160 respondents nationwide and have a margin error of ±2 percent.
Panay News tried to reach out to the Office of the Vice President for Duterte-Carpio’s reaction on the survey, but she has yet to respond as of press time.
Various groups have filed three impeachment complaints against the Vice President at the House of Representatives following allegations related to her office’s confidential funds misuse./PN
