The STATFACTS-WMSU MPA has partially released its latest results on opinion surveys conducted in twenty four vote-rich barangays in Zamboanga City from October 7 to 15.
The partial results covered 12 barangays in District 1 (city proper towards west coast) which included Sinunuc, Recodo and Ayala. The results of the other 12 barangays in District 2 will be out anytime next week.
Prof. Bien Fernandez, STATFACTS director and professor of the Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program of the Western Mindanao State University’s College of Public Administration and Development Studies (CPADS), said that 30 MPA students undertook the survey covering 460 household respondents, 60 barangay officials who are all registered voters of the city.
Fernandez said this is the sixth year STATFACTS-WMSU has been conducting the opinion survey since 2000. At least two surveys are conducted every year by STATFACTS-WMSU on political, social and economic issues.
The survey group bolstered the integrity of STATFACTS-WMSU when it came out with accurate predictive results of the 2001 and 2004 national and local elections.
The results of the survey in District 1 (west coast) showed that Congressman Erbie Fabian, Mayor Celso Lobregat and Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco obtained high satisfaction ratings in their performance for the last six months.
City Councilors Mannix Dalipe, Mila Velasquez and Asbi Edding emerged as the top three best performing city councilors during the same period.
Topping the list of probable candidates for City Councilor in the May 2007 election are former City Councilors Charlie Mariano, Jimmy Cabato and former Vice-Mayor Bong Ko.
Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco is highly recommended to run for Congressman in the newly-created District 1 followed by City Councilor Sang Jimenez.
The following questions were asked of the 460 household respondents (in District 1):
1. Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the performance of our top local government officials in the last six month? Congressman Erbie Fabian: Satisfied (70%), not satisfied (15%), not sure (15%). Mayor Celso Lobregat: Satisfied (69%), not satisfied (19%), not sure (12%). Vice-Mayor Beng Climaco: Satisfied (76%), not satisfied (10%), not sure (14%).
2. Who do you think are the five (5) City Councilors who performed best in the last six months? Cited in rank order are: Mannix Dalipe(56%), Mila Velasquez(53%), Asbi Edding(41%), Sang Jimenez(33%), Kim Elago(33%), Luis Climaco(28%), Elong Natividad(28%), Rey Candido(28%), Nonong Guingona(26%), Ely Enriquez{24%), Cesar Ituralde(20%), Rudy Lim(19%), Aman Nuno(11%), and John Dalipe(11%). Respondents who selected no one as best performing city councilors constituted 12%. Those who selected less than five constituted 9%.
3. In the May 2007 election, who do you want to run for Congressman in your newly-created District 1? Beng Climaco (52%), Sang Jimenez (20%), Vic Solis (6%), Jomar Lobregat (6%), and other names: WMSU president Dr. Eldy Gonzales, Vit Agan, Asbi Edding and. those with no choice constituted 16%.
4. Other than Mayor Celso Lobregat, who do you want to run for Mayor in May 2007 election? Mannix Dalipe (30%), Monsi Cris dela Cruz (21%), others (6%) are: Erbie Fabian, Beng Climaco, Le Peng Wee and Vit Agan. Significantly, no choice constituted 43%.
5. Other than Vice Mayor Beng Climaco, who do you want to run for Vice Mayor in May 2007 election? Mila Velasquez (32%), Mannix Dalipe (22%), Nonong Guingona (13%), Kim Elago (8%). Asbi Edding and Sang Jimenez with 1%. Those with no choice constituted 24%.
6. In the May 2007 election , who do you want to run for City Councilors in your newly-created District 1? Can you name five (5)? Cited in rank order are: Charlie Mariano (52%), Jimmy Cabato (52%), Bong Ko (40%), Max Enriquez ( 35%), Vic Alvarez (32%), Ric Baban (32%), Bong Bue (31%), Jun Orendain (30%), Rudy Bayot (25%), Litong Lacandalo (25%), Mel Sadain (23%), Mike Apostol (23%), Gerky Valesco (23%), Manny Luna (20%), Jun Arquiza (18%), Rosendo Castillo (18%), Rolly Gregorio (18%), Vic Liozo Jr. (15%), Lynette Abarro (15%), and Mario Roca (113%).
7. Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the performance of your barangay officials in the last six months? Barangay chairmen: satisfied (59%), Not Satisfied (30%), Not Sure (11%). Barangay Kagawad: Satisfied (55%), Not Satisfied (29%), Not Sure (16%).
8. Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the performance of our local police in the last six months? Satisfied (30%), not satisfied (54%), not sure (16%).
9. Are you in favor or not in favor of the proposed Charter Change or CHA-CHA? In favor (20%), not in favor (59%), not sure (21%).
10. Are you in favor or not in favor of having election in May 2007? In favor (87%), not in favor (7%), not sure (6%).
11. Are you in favor or not in favor of the proposal to convert part of Zamboanga City into a province? In favor (18%), not in favor (70%), not sure (12%).
12. Can you name five most urgent and serious problems the city is facing at present? Drugs (72%), unemployment (70%), garbage collection (64%), high prices (62%), traffic congestion (46%), inadequate drainage (46%), increasing number of crimes (39%), sanitation (31%), bomb threats (27%), and water shortage (18%). Other problems cited are noise pollution (videoke), prostitution, mendicancy, street children, and inadequate traffic lights, among others.
Meanwhile, Fernandez stressed that careful planning was made for the survey to come up with the right mixture of socio-demographic characteristics of respondents like ethnicity, sex, age and income.
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