As presidential son and Pampanga representative Mikey Arroyo continues to push for charter change, Pulse Asia came out with its latest survey results showing that four out of ten Filipinos are not in favor of amending the Constitution now.
The survey conducted February 2-15, 2009 with 1,200 respondents showed a big plurality of Filipinos (42%) is against charter change now while a sizeable majority (64%) does not think it is appropriate to amend the 1987 Constitution at this time.
The survey showed that 33 percent favor amendments the constituion now, a decrease from the 39 percent in November 2006 and 40 percent in July 2006.