ArmInfoMore than 67% of the respondents in Armenia expressed no confidence in the statements of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the information he presented at the last big press conference (on July 25). The head of the MPG consulting company (the official representative of the International Association of Gallup in Armenia) Aram Navasardyan statedduring a press conference on August 4, presenting the results of the survey " Eggplant Next Stop ".
In particular, the lion's share of respondents (54.4%) answered that they definitely do not trust Pashinyan's statements, 13.1% of respondents rather do not trust, 14.5% of respondents rather trust, and only 16.1% of respondents expressed full confidence in the Prime Minister. At the same time, 65% of respondents followed the press conference of the head of government, respectively 35% ignored it.
Meanwhile, when asked which party the respondents would vote for if parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 13.3% of respondents noted Civil Contract, 3.8% of respondents - the Armenia bloc, 1.8% of respondents - Prosperous Armenia, 1.5% of respondents - I have the honor, Public Voice and Republic, 1.2 percent each, 0.8% of respondents - ARF-D, 0.5% of respondents - Citizen's Decision, National Democratic Pole, ANC, Sasna Tsrer- 0.4 percent each, Country of Living (Aprelu Yerkir), For the Republic, Lusavor Hayastan, Armenian eagles: United Armenia -0.2% each, - 5165, Communist Party of Armenia and Fair Armenia-0.1% each.
At the same time, 36.3% of the respondents expressed their intention to boycott the elections, 6.5% were not ready to vote for any of the candidates presented, 5.4% refused to mention their candidates, 20.2% found it difficult to answer.
But the main problems for the Armenian public are still security issues. In particular, 32.4% of respondents consider the threat of war the main challenge facing Armenia today, 30.7% are concerned about the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, 30.4% - noted various issues related to security, 27.8% - see the need for the clarification of boundaries.
Armenian citizens are less concerned about the economic situation in the country (16.9% are concerned about this issue), 9.6% complain about unemployment rate, 8.6% about low pensions, 8% about inflation, 7.2% are concerned about the return of POWs, 6.9% - consider the educational system inadequate, 5.1% - concerned about health care, 5% - concerned about the change of power, 4.3% - see problems in the army, 3.5% - in foreign policy, 1.9% - concerned about migration issues, 1.8% - corruption, 0.7% - high taxes. 13.8% of respondents indicated other problems, and 1% found it difficult to answer.
At the same time, everyone in Armenia is also categorical on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh. A total of 994.4% are against Artsakh citizens receiving the status of a national minority within Azerbaijan (88.9% expressed unequivocal disagreement, 5.5% noted that they rather disagree). Only 1.1% of the respondents are not against such an outcome of developments, while 2.7% rather agree.
Navasardyan noted that in comparison with the May poll, the number of citizens who disagree with Artsakh joining Azerbaijan has grown. In May this year, a similar position was expressed by 86.4% of respondents. In his opinion, this is due to the deepening of the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. It should be noted that the survey was conducted through telephone calls to residents of Yerevan and regions from July 27 to July 31, 2023, the sample size was 1100 people, the sampling error was +/- 3%. In 2011, MPG became the official representative of the Gallup International Association in Armenia. Since 2003, MPG, working in the sociological and marketing research market, has implemented more than 800 projects of various sizes.