More Filipinos still...

on the proposal.

Cha-cha awareness

‘essentially unchanged’

The Pulse Asia audit likewise mentioned that despite the highly publicized hearings and heated debates on motions to amend the 36-year-old Charter over the past few months, awareness “remain[s] essentially unchanged.”

This was so because only 53 percent of the respondents were knowledgeable about Cha-cha proposals before the conduct of the survey, the polling firm noted.

It also noted that 79 percent of the respondents admitted having little to absolutely no knowledge of the 1987 Constitution, while at least 21 percent have sufficient knowledge about it.

Filipinos buck seven key changes in Charter

Moreover, the Pulse Asia Cha-cha survey found that 53 percent to 76 percent disapprove of the following proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution:

Allowing foreign individuals and companies to utilize Philippine national resources –76 percent

Allowing foreign individuals and companies to own residential and industrial lands – 72 percent

Removing limits on shares of stocks in Philippine