Wednesday, January 17 2018 19:50

ArmInfo.Only 3% of the respondents in Armenia and 4% in Georgia believe that they live in a fully democratic country. At the same time, 33% in Armenia consider  that they live in a completely undemocratic country, and in Georgia - 14%. This is stated in the sociological study of the Caucasus Resource Research Center (CRRC), presented today in the Yerevan office of the World Bank.

Meanwhile, 13% of respondents in Armenia believe that they live in a  democratic country, but with minor problems, while in Georgia there  are 23%. Those who believe that their country is democratic, but with  significant problems in Armenia are 35%, and in Georgia 45%.

Armenia did not lag far behind Georgia when answering the question  whether citizens have the right to express their opinion freely. In  Armenia 71% of respondents positively answered, in Georgia - 76%. In  Armenia, 23% believe that this is impossible, in Georgia - 20%. The  rest refrained from answering.

Arguing about the direction of the political line in each of the  countries, Armenian respondents noted that the direction is  completely wrong - this is the opinion of 21% of respondents, while  in Georgia this opinion is held by 8%. However, both of them almost  equally believe that the political line does not change (35% -  Armenia and 33% - Georgia), and that basically it is moving in the  wrong direction (21% - Armenia and 25% - Georgia). Only 2% in both  countries fully endorse the policy of the leadership of the  countries. In this regard, the answer to the question "what should  the state have for citizens" is interesting. 48% in Armenia believe  that it should be a "parent", and 10% - a "wage worker". In Georgia,  the shares were distributed somewhat differently - 31% against 22%.