MOST Filipinos favor strengthening and expanding the Philippines' military cooperation with the United States to address the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea, according to a survey commissioned by OCTA Research.
In its Tugon ng Masa survey from July 22-26, 2023, only 11 percent said that they are not in favor while 32 percent remain undecided.Broken down into major regions, more than half of the respondents in Balanced Luzon and Mindanao were in favor of expanding US military cooperation.
Only 46 percent of respondents in the National Capital Region and the Visayas agree to the proposal.Meanwhile, 58 percent of Filipinos who were surveyed also agree that the PH should explore increased military cooperation with the US overall.Only 12 percent are not in favor and 28 percent are undecided.The survey had 1,200 respondents and had a margin of error of plus minus three percent nationwide and six percent among major geographical regions.
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