More than half of Armenian citizens say incumbent government unable to conclude peace treaty with Azerbaijan that would meet Armenians' interests
YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. Some 57.2% of respondents of a public opinion survey conducted by the Armenian office of GALLUP International Association believe that the incumbent Armenian government is unable to conclude a peace treaty with Azerbaijan that would meet the interests of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
The findings of the survey were unveiled today at a press conference by the head of the Armenian office Aram Navasardyan.
When asked who is to blame for the growing tension in and around Artsakh, 43.8% of the respondents said it was Azerbaijan, 27% blamed it on the Armenian authorities, 14.1% on the Russian peacekeepers, 6.1% on the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and 3.9% on Turkey.
Asked how they would Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's work, some 13.8% said it was positive, 25% described it as "rather positive", 13.6% as "rather negative" by 13.6% and 34.1% as "absolutely negative."
"There is a very sharp drop in Pashinyan's popularity rating compared to 2018. The lowest rating was recorded in December 2020 and January 2021," according to Navasardyan.
Navasardyan added that there is a slight positive rise in the prime minister's popularity rating compared to the lowest one, but it remains very low compared to 2018.
When asked which party or alliance they would vote for if elections were held next Sunday, 20.4% of respondents named Pashinyan's Civil Contract party, 8.3% would vote for Hayastan (Armenia) bloc, 3.7% for Pativ Unem and 1.7% for Prosperous Armenia.
Remarkably, about 40% of the respondents said they would not take part in the elections and 12.9% found it difficult to answer the question.
On December 9, 2021 Pashinyan's work was assessed completely positively by 9.5% of the respondents, rather positively by 28.6%, rather negatively by 14.9% and completely negatively by 31.3%.
The GALLUP International Association poll was conducted in Armenia April 2-6 among 1,002 respondents via phone calls. -0-
