ArmInfo. The Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) conducted a survey among Internet users from March 11 to April 5 to find out the public's attitude to the internal political situation in the country and possible solutions, the spread of hate words and their causes, the need for constitutional changes.
Thus, according to the results of the survey, 70.5% of respondents believe that Armenia needs a new Constitution, 10.9% do not agree with this, and 18.5% found it difficult to answer. At the same time, opinions were divided regarding the reasons for such changes. In particular, 31.2% believe that there is a need to change the management system, 17.9% are of the opinion that the current Constitution impedes the development of Armenia, 14.8% believe that the Constitution was written for the goals of the former authorities, 11.8% - see the need to revise the structure of the judiciary, 11% - named other reasons.
When asked what form of government Armenia needs, 34.9% of respondents noted that they see Armenia as a semi-presidential state, 29.1% as a presidential state, 19.7% as a parliamentary one with a strong premiership system, and 16.2% as a classic parliamentary state. At the same time, 68.9% of the respondents believe that there is a need for lustration of officials, 25.5% found it difficult to answer, and 5.6% do not see such a need.
The poll also touched upon the judicial system. In particular, 83.6% of the respondents are sure that there is a need for vetting of judges in Armenia, 8.9% - hold the opposite opinion, and 7.5% - found it difficult to answer.
The work of the government in terms of combating the coronavirus pandemic was assessed as satisfactory by 28.5%, 27.5% - think that the authorities are doing very well with the existing problems, 24.2% - assessed it as unsatisfactory, 13.6% - good, 4.5% - found it difficult to answer, 1.8% - appreciated the work of the authorities excellently. However, the lion's share of respondents (88.6%) believes that there is definitely a problem in Armenia with the spread of disinformation, 9.1% noted that there is a similar problem to a certain extent, and a very scanty share (0.7% -0.8% ) argue that there is no such problem in the country, and if there is, then to an insignificant extent. At the same time, 50.8% believe that the fight against disinformation is not being conducted, 37.1% - hold the opposite opinion, however, noting that the fight is ineffective, 8.8% - found it difficult to answer, and 3.3% - believe that an effective fight is being waged. When asked whether words of hatred are widespread in Armenia, 59.1% answered that there are too many words of hatred, 28.5% - said that not so much, 1.5% found it difficult to answer, and 0.3% are sure that they are not at all common. According to 33.1%, the reason for the spread of words of hatred is artificial division into fronts, 27.8% named impunity as the main reason, 22% - general demoralization, 12.4% - abuse of freedom of speech, 4.6% - other reasons.
In addition, 47.7% of respondents see the need to hold early parliamentary elections as soon as possible, 34.9% - noted that it is advisable to hold elections after the stabilization of the country, 10.6% - do not have a clear position on this issue, 6.8 % - do not see the need for this at all. At the same time, in the conduct of early parliamentary elections, the majority (48.4%) of respondents trust the current authorities, 34.1% - the transitional government, 17.5% - do not attach importance to who will hold them, the main thing is to organize them as soon as possible. According to the results of the poll, 55.1% of the respondents believe that there is a need for the resignation of the prime minister, 25.5% do not see such a need, 19.4% found it difficult to answer. The reason for the resignation, according to the respondents, may be that the prime minister failed an effective domestic and foreign policy, 14.6% noted that the head of government is a symbol of defeat in the war and is responsible for this, 12.1% - consider the prime minister a bad leader, 8,7% - noted that it is a loss of trust, 6.4% - unsatisfactory assess the ability of the prime minister to negotiate in the interests of Armenia, 17.4% - named a number of other reasons.
When asked to name the reasons why the incumbent prime minister should remain in power, 43.9% of respondents noted the absence of an alternative, 16% - expressed full confidence in the prime minister, 2.4% - believe that the policy led by the prime minister is the only correct one, 37.6% - named a number of other facts. At the same time, 89.4% of the respondents believe that the Karabakh issue has not been resolved, and only 2.3% hold the opposite opinion, 8.3% found it difficult to answer. However, respondents consider the return of Armenian prisoners to be the main problem of the Armenian society (32%), the second priority is the restoration of the RA Armed Forces (18.9%), the next urgent issue is economic crisis (12.1%). At the same time, 9.9% of respondents see the need of the prime minister's resignation and formation of a transitional government, 6% to ensure the security of the Syunik region, 4.8% - the resignation of the prime minister and early parliamentary elections, 4.6% - finding out the whereabouts of the missing, and the search for the remains of bodies, 2.2% - restoring the health of wounded soldiers and providing them with social assistance, 1.5% - returning lost territories, 0.5%- preventing the spread of coronavirus and eliminating the consequences. To note, the sample size was 600, the sampling error was +/- 5%, 60.6% of the respondents were women, 39.4% were men. The age of the overwhelming majority of respondents (35.4%) is 18-25 years old, 26.7% - from 26 to 35 years old, 16.9% - from 45 to 60 years old, 13.7% - from 36 to 45 years old, 7,3% - over 61 years old. At the same time, 49% of respondents from Yerevan took part in the survey, 46.5% - from regions, 4.5% - others. It should be noted that 72.5% of the respondents have higher education.