Patricia Lourdes Viray
MANILA, Philippines — About eight out of 10 Filipinos want the Philippines to assert its rights in the disputed West Philippine (South China) Sea as stipulated in the decision of an arbitral tribunal, Pulse Asia said in its latest survey.
Pulse Asia's Ulat ng Bayan survey conducted from Dec. 6 to 11, 2016 found that 84 percent of Filipinos want the government to assert the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the disputed waters.
Only 3 percent of the respondents disagree, while 12 percent said that they may agree or disagree.
The survey was conducted two months after President Rodrigo Duterte's state visit to China, signaling his administration's pivot away from the United States, its historical ally.
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