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Bayan Muna still top party-list choice - survey


Amid the recent arrest and aborted transfer to Leyte of militant Representative Satur Ocampo for a 23-year-old murder case, his party-list group, Bayan Muna, continues to lead 13 others expected to win at least one seat in Congress, reputable pollster Pulse Asia said in a statement on Monday. The Pulse Asia also said its survey found that 57 percent of registered voters would elect a party-list group. "Out of the 97 party-list groups whose voter preferences are probed by Pulse Asia in March 2007, 13 currently have a chance of winning at least one congressional seat. Leading the list of probable winners is Bayan Muna with an overall voter preference of 11.9 percent – more than enough to give them three seats in the Lower House," Pulse Asia said in a statement. Other groups likely to get three seats are Anakpawis (8 percent), Akbayan (7 percent), and Gabriela Women's Party (6.4 percent). A party-list group gets a seat in Congress if it gains 2 percent of votes cast for party-list groups. At 4 percent, it gets two seats and at 6 percent, the maximum of three seats. Pulse Asia said nine groups that would get one representative each to the House of Representatives, including Aangat Tayo (3.6 percent), Angat Antas Kabuhayan Pilipino Movement (2.8 percent), Angat Ating Kabuhayan (2.7 percent), Anak Mahirap Learning Center, Inc. (2.6 percent), Alyansa ng Sambayanan para sa Pagbabago (2.4 percent), Anak Mindanao (2.4 percent), Kabataan (2.3 percent), Ahon Pinoy (2.2 percent), and Citizens Battle Against Corruption (Cibac) (2.2 percent). On the other hand, Pulse Asia said nearly half of Filipinos (49 percent) report awareness of the party-list system, which is marginally lower than in January 2007 (55 percent). Across the country's geographic areas, levels of awareness range from 41 percent in the rest of Luzon to 63 percent in the Visayas. In terms of socio-economic classes, those belonging to the best-off socio-economic grouping are most aware of the party-list system relative to those in the poorer classes – 59 percent in Class ABC versus 44 to 49 percent in Classes D and E). Face-to-face field interviews for the survey were conducted from Feb. 28 to March 5. Pulse Asia said its survey had an overall margin of error of +/- 2 percent, and this would have implications for identifying the probable winners in the election for party-list representatives. The poll was based on a multistage probability sample of 1,800 representative adults 18 years old and above. -GMANews.TV

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