Pulse Asia survey: 14 party-list groups to get House seats in next Congress
By Vince Angelo C. Ferreras, Reporter
FOURTEEN (14) out of 134 party-list groups accredited by the Commission on Elections could get seats in the next Congress, according to a new Pulse Asia survey.
The 14 groups secured two-percent voter preference, with Bayan Muna, known to be critical of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, topping the survey with 8.50% voter preference.
Magsasaka landed at the second spot with 6.45% voter support, followed by Gabriela (also critical of Mr. Duterte) with 6.04% preference rating.
Ako Bicol was in fourth place with voter support of 4.72%. Its representative Rodel M. Batocabe was assassinated last December in Daraga, Albay.
A Teacher Party-list was at fifth spot with 4.58% voter preference.
The other groups that have a chance of gaining seats in the House of Representatives are Senior Citizens, Buhay, Akbayan, Amin, An Waray, Kalinga, Anakpawis, Cibac, and Angkla.
Further, the Pulse Asia survey noted that 74 percent have heard, read, or watched something about the party-list system.
Awareness is more marked in Metro Manila (74%), the rest of Luzon (79%), and Mindanao (77%), than in Visayas (57%).
Awareness was also higher in Class ABC (86%) than Class E (62%).
The noncommissioned survey was conducted from March 23 to 27 through face-to-face interviews with 1,800 respondents. It has an error margin of ± 2.3% at the 95% confidence level, ± 6.5% in Metro Manila, ±3.5% for the rest of Luzon, ± 5.3% in Visayas, and ± 4.7% in Mindanao.
