MOST Filipinos believe that the case filed by former Philippine officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC) tells the world that China should leave the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

The poll from March 28 to 29 among 1,440 adults nationwide found that 49 percent of Filipino adults agreed with the case filed by former Foreign secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales against Xi for Beijing's supposedly aggressive militarization of the contested waters.