Poll: Nearly half of respondents in Armenia have a negative view of Pashinyan`s public assessments of the church

ArmInfo. About half of respondents in Armenia have a negative attitude toward Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's public assessments regarding the internal affairs of the Armenian Apostolic Church. This was reported by Aram Navasardyan, head of the consulting company MPG, while presenting the "Shaki-Shuki, Pash Kim Yan" survey conducted by MPG.

When asked to express their attitude toward Pashinyan's behavior, 37.8% of respondents said they had an absolutely negative attitude, another 8.9% said they had a somewhat negative attitude, 11% said they had a somewhat positive attitude, 19.4% said they had an absolutely positive attitude, and another 4.7% were undecided. 18.3% of respondents said they were unfamiliar with them.

When asked whether they had heard of the government report on resolving the crisis surrounding the Armenian Church, 79.1% of respondents said they were unfamiliar with it, another 12.2% said they had heard of it but were unfamiliar with its contents, 5.3% said they were partially familiar with its contents, another 3.2% said they had read it in full, and 0.2% were undecided.

It is curious that, despite being discredited by the authorities, the Armenian Apostolic Church continues to maintain its top spot in the ranking of organizations with which citizens are satisfied. In response to the relevant question, 59.1% of respondents stated that they were completely satisfied with the activities of the AAC, another 13.9% said that they were rather satisfied, 5.2% were rather dissatisfied, 15% were completely dissatisfied, 3.3% found it difficult to answer, and another 3.5% admitted that they were not familiar with its activities. The Armenian army is in second place. 46.6% of respondents said they were satisfied with the Armenian Armed Forces, 21.2% were somewhat satisfied, 6.7% were somewhat dissatisfied, 19.9% were completely dissatisfied, 2.8% were undecided, and 2.9% said they were unfamiliar with the Armed Forces' activities.

31.1% of respondents were satisfied with the performance of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, another 20.8% were somewhat satisfied, 6.4% were somewhat dissatisfied, 36.6% were completely dissatisfied, 4% were undecided, and 1.3% admitted they were unfamiliar with these activities.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan came in fourth, with 30% of respondents satisfied with his performance, and another 20% were somewhat satisfied. 4.4% are somewhat dissatisfied, 33.6% are completely dissatisfied, 3.8% are undecided, and 8.3% said they are not familiar with his activities.

Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan is in fifth place. 25.3% of respondents are satisfied with his activities, another 22.5% are somewhat satisfied, 6.5% are somewhat dissatisfied, 36.8% are completely dissatisfied, 4.7% are undecided, and 4.3% said they are not familiar with his activities.

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, who ranks last on the list, has some interesting data. 30% of respondents were unfamiliar with his activities, another 34% called them negative, 4.3% - rather negative, 13.3% - rather positive, only 13.2% - positive, and another 5.3% were undecided.

According to the survey, citizens are dissatisfied with the activities of Robert Kocharyan, the leader of the Armenia bloc, who is in prison. 61.8% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with his activities, another 4.7% were somewhat dissatisfied, 10.7% were rather satisfied, 13.8% were absolutely satisfied, and 4.3% were undecided, while another 4.7% said they were unfamiliar with his activities.

Furthermore, 50% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the activities of the leader of the Strong Armenia bloc. Samvel Karapetyan, another 4.6% are somewhat dissatisfied, 15.8% are somewhat satisfied, 17.4% are absolutely satisfied, 4.2% found it difficult to answer, and 8.1% said they were not familiar with his activities.

The list also includes Secretary of the Armenian Security Council Alen Simonyan, with 44.5% of respondents dissatisfied with him, another 6.1% are somewhat dissatisfied, 16.6% are somewhat satisfied, 18.3% are absolutely satisfied, 4.4% found it difficult to say, and 10.2% are not familiar with his activities.

It should be noted that the survey was conducted via telephone calls to residents of the Republic of Armenia from October 28 to November 4 of this year. The sample size was 1,001 people, with a sampling error margin of +/- 3%.

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