OCTA: 59 percent want Philippines to rejoin ICC

MANILA, Philippines — Another survey, this time conducted by the OCTA Research group, found that a majority of Filipinos support calls for the Philippines to rejoin the International Criminal Court.

Results of the Dec. 10 to 14 survey released yesterday also found that more Filipinos want the government to cooperate with the ongoing ICC investigation into the drug-related killings during the Duterte administration.

The findings of the OCTA survey match the recent poll conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS), which revealed a growing number of Filipinos supporting the ICC investigation.

Based on the OCTA survey, 59 percent of the respondents agree that the Philippines should rejoin the ICC, compared to the 41 percent who said it should not.

Support for rejoining the ICC was highest among respondents in balance Luzon (65 percent), followed by those in Metro Manila (59 percent), Visayas (56 percent) and Mindanao (51 percent). It was also highest among socio-economic class ABC (67 percent), followed by those in class E (60 percent) and class D (58 percent).

Meanwhile, 55 percent of the respondents said the Philippine government should cooperate with the investigation being conducted by the ICC, compared with 45 percent who said it should not.

Call for government cooperation was highest among respondents in balance Luzon (65 percent), followed by those in Metro Manila (52 percent), Visayas (50 percent) and Mindanao (42 percent). It also received majority support across socio-economic classes, with the highest among class ABC (57 percent), closely followed by those in class E (56 percent) and class D (55 percent).

The SWS survey conducted from Dec. 8 to 11 found that 53 percent of respondents support the ICC investigation into drug-related killings during the Duterte administration. It increased from the 45 percent obtained in a similar survey conducted by SWS in March 2023.

Those who disapprove of the ICC investigation decreased from 24 percent to 21 percent. Those who were undecided decreased from 31 percent to 26 percent.