The overwhelming majority of respondents in Armenia expressed concern about non-combat deaths in the army

ArmInfo. The overwhelming majority of respondents in Armenia expressed concern about non-combat deaths in the country's armed forces. This was reported by Aram Navasardyan, head of the consulting company MPG, while presenting the "Shaki-Shuki, Pash Kim Yan" survey by MPG.

According to him, when asked how concerned they are about non-combat deaths in the army, 90.5% of respondents stated they are very concerned. Another 7.4% stated they are somewhat concerned, 0.7% are somewhat unconcerned, 1% stated they are not at all concerned, and another 0.4% were undecided.

At the same time, 48% of respondents believe that increased oversight by the Armed Forces' command staff can prevent non-combat deaths in the army. Another 47.2% believe that this could be facilitated by tougher penalties for those responsible for deaths, while 39.9% believe that improving the professional skills of senior officers and commanders could contribute. Another 16.4% of respondents believe that this could be facilitated by more effective protection of the rights of military personnel, 14.3% by improving service conditions, 13.6% by ensuring an impartial and transparent investigation of deaths, 5.8% gave another answer, and 2.7% were undecided.

The survey was conducted via telephone calls to residents of the Republic of Armenia between October 28 and November 4 of this year. The sample size was 1,001 people, with a margin of error of +/- 3%.

In 2011, MPG became the official representative in Armenia of the Gallup International Association, one of the most prestigious and independent public opinion research organizations in the world. Since 2003, MPG, working in the sociological and marketing research market, has implemented more than 800 projects of varying sizes.