Officials and members of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) join the famous “Salubungan” during the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution on Thursday (Feb. 25, 2016) in front of the Corinthian Gardens along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue in Quezon City. (MNS photo)
MANILA (Mabuhay) – More than seven of 10 Filipinos are still satisfied with the Philippine brand of democracy won 30 years ago by the historic People Power uprising that toppled strongman Ferdinand Marcos, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed.
Results of the study were published Wednesday evening by SWS’ partner BusinessWorld.
The study, conducted from December 5 to 8 last year, also showed that 58 percent of Filipinos believed that democracy is still preferable to any form of government, while 23 percent said the type of government doesn’t matter.
Also, it showed that 18 percent of the respondents believed that under certain circumstances a dictatorial form of government is more desirable than democracy.
The survey was conducted among 1,200 respondents spread nationwide, and that it had an error margin of ±3.
Moreover, the study showed that 76 percent of Filipino adults said they are satisfied with the way democracy works in our country, a slight change from 77 percent in June 2015.
The survey question was: “On the whole, are you (very satisfied; fairly satisfied; not very satisfied; not at all satisfied) with the way democracy works in the Philippines?”
SWS noted that satisfaction with the way democracy works has been above 60 percent since June 2010, although it hit a high of 80 percent in June 2013.
However, from October 1999 to June 2009, it exceeded 50 percent in only two of 31 surveys, the SWS said.
Satisfaction with the way democracy works peaked at 70 percent in September 1992, 70 percent in July 1998, and 68 percent in June 2010.
After the senatorial elections in May 2013, a record-high of 80% was reached, it said. (MNS)