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SWS: Filipinos most prefer senatorial candidates who 'will not be corrupt'

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<h2>Intelligence last on the list</h2>MANILA - Resistance to corruption has emerged as the top trait that Filipino voters are looking for in senatorial candidates, a recent <a href="https://www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artcldisppage/?artcsyscode=ART-20190323140708&amp;mc_cid=78eca50745&amp;mc_eid=7020be7060">survey</a> showed.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/03/16/20190323-survey.jpg"/></figure></div>A fourth of 1,440 Filipino adults asked in the survey said they are looking for senatorial candidates who &quot;will not be corrupt,&quot; a study conducted by the Social Weather Stations from December 16 to 19, 2018 showed.Some 22 percent of the respondents, meanwhile, said they would back bets who are perceived to have &quot;concern for the poor,&quot; showed the survey commissioned by Stratbase ADRi, a research organization chaired by former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario.Other top qualities important for Filipino voters when choosing a senatorial bet are &quot;good personal characteristics&quot; (21 percent), &quot;trustworthiness&quot; (21 percent), and &quot;helpful to those in need&quot; (20 percent).Notably, on the bottom of the list were qualities such as political will and intelligence, which only 3 percent of the respondents are looking for.Candidates who &#x27;can give solutions to the country&#x27;s problems&#x27; got 9 percent. And those who have faith in God got only 5 percent.Respondents from Metro Manila valued trustworthiness the most, while those from balance Luzon and Visayas were more keen on supporting candidates who &quot;will not be corrupt.&quot;&quot;Good personal characteristics,&quot; meanwhile, was most important for participants from Mindanao.The survey has a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percent.The survey was released nearly a month and a half into the campaign period, and weeks after Hugpong ng Pagbabago campaign manager Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said &quot;honesty should not be an election issue.&quot;<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/07/19/sara-duterte-defends-honesty-not-an-issue-remark">Sara Duterte defends ‘honesty not an issue’ remark</a></li></ul>In her slate are former senators tagged in the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund scam: Jinggoy Estrada, who is <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/16/17/jinggoy-estrada-released-back-with-family">out on bail</a> while facing trial, and Ramon &quot;Bong&quot; Revilla Jr., who was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/07/18/bong-revilla-cleared-of-plunder-in-pork-barrel-scam-case">acquitted</a> in plunder charges but is still facing graft allegations.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/12/19/sara-sees-nothing-wrong-in-endorsing-pork-linked-senatorial-bets">READ: Sara sees nothing wrong in endorsing ‘pork’-linked senatorial bets</a></li></ul>

The unlikelihood to be corrupt is the top quality Filipinos are looking for in senatorial candidates, a recent survey showed.

The unlikelihood to be corrupt is the top quality Filipinos are looking for in senatorial candidates, a recent survey showed.