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Nearly 4 in 10 Filipinos expect cheating in May elections: survey

Xinhua, February 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

About 39 percent of the Filipinos expected cheating to happen in the coming presidential elections in May, according to a survey released by Pulse Asia Research on Monday.

People who expected cheating to happen consider vote-buying the most likely mode of cheating to be employed by candidates, according to the survey conducted by the country's well-known research institute nationwide from Jan. 24 to 28.

According to the survey, only 48 percent of respondents were optimistic that the elections will be clean and credible due to automated process, while 36 percent were ambivalent with the claim and 15 percent disagreed.

The survey shows Filipinos had split opinion on candidates from political dynasties.

About 32 percent of 1,200 respondents said they will not vote for candidates who "have children, spouses, siblings or parents who are former or current elected government officials," 34 percent said they were undecided while another 34 percent said they will vote for candidates from political families.

Over 50 million Filipino voters are expected to troop to different precincts nationwide for the elections on May 9.

About 18,000 positions from president down to city and municipal councilors have to be filled up in the upcoming polls. Endit