MANILA, Philippines — The Consultative Committee tasked by President Rodrigo Duterte to review the 1987 Constitution said Filipinos' perception of charter change would shift once the proposed revisions are presented to the public. Opposition to charter change increased by 20 percentage points from 44 percent in July 2016. Con-com also pointed out that the public would not readily approve charter change since most of them have limited knowledge of the constitution. The Pulse Asia survey showed that 75 percent of Filipinos admitted to knowing little or having almost/completely no knowledge on the 1987 Constitution. Only 27 percent are supportive of the change to a federal system, while 6 percent are ambivalent on the matter.

Source: Philippine Star May 02, 2018 06:33 UTC