To big majority of Filipinos, martial law unnecessary – survey
January 13, 2017 ·
YOUNG HEROES. ‘The youth should understand that they are the successors of the people who died, and who would have wanted them to continue the good fight.’
Seven in 10 Filipinos disagree that martial law is necessary to solve the pressing national problems, a December 2016 Pulse Asia survey shows. The polling firm’s president notes that disagreement with the need to impose martial law increased by 10 percentage points from September. The respondents were asked to express their agreement or disagreement to this statement: “Candidly speaking, it may be necessary now to have martial law to resolve the many crises of the nation.” Pulse Asia says opposition to a martial law declaration is the “prevailing opinion” in all geographical areas, age groups, and socioeconomic classes.
