More Filipinos were satisfied with the performance of the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte than the House prosecution that recently concluded their presentation of evidence before the Senate impeachment trial before it adjourned this month, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said on Wednesday.

The survey, done from Sept 21-27 before the House prosecutors presented the unexplained wealth charges in filed against Duterte, found that the net satisfaction with the defense team of Duterte is at +23 while the prosecution got a negative five percent response.

It shows that "30 percent of adult Filipinos (were) satisfied and 35 percent (correctly rounded) dissatisfied that the prosecution of the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte is being done in a just manner, for a net satisfaction score -5."

Lawyer Lorna Kapunan, one of the House prosecution members, told Storycon in an interview that ''it was a snapshot of what happened then. If you look the survey date, this happened before the unexplained wealth.''

''And that unexplained wealth (article of impeachment) is the strongest. Documents don't lie,'' she added. ''We are confident with our evidence,'' said Kapunan.

The Senate impeachment court granted the request of the House prosecution team to drop three articles of impeachment against Duterte before hearing was adjourned on Oct. 13. When session resumes on Nov. 9, the defense will be presenting their evidence.

In a separate survey by SSS, it said that 78 percent want the vice president to appear in the impeachment hearing.

"On the defense of Vice President Duterte by her lawyers, 47 percent were satisfied and 24 percent were dissatisfied that it is being done in a just manner, for a net satisfaction score of +23," it stated.

The survey noted that the "net satisfaction score of -5 for the prosecution of the case against Vice President Duterte was lower than in the two earlier impeachment trials surveyed by SWS."

"During the impeachment trial of then-President Joseph Estrada, net satisfaction with the prosecution was +19 (41 percent satisfied, 22 percent dissatisfied) in December 2000 and +21 (42 percent satisfied, 21 percent dissatisfied) in January 2001," it stated.

"During the impeachment trial of then-Chief Justice Renato Corona, it was +39 (54 percent satisfied, 15 percent dissatisfied) in March 2012," it added. Robina Asido/PHS.