60% of respondents in Armenia do not trust any social and political  figure - Poll

ArmInfo.In Armenia, 60% of respondents do not trust any public or political figure, according to  a new nationwide poll conducted in Armenia by the International Republican Institute's (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR).

So, when asked which politician or public figure you trust most, 60%  answered - none of them. At the same time, 17% of respondents still  believe the current Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, 5% -  the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ararat Mirzoyan, 4% - the  head of the Republic party Aram Sargsyan, 3% - the Speaker of  Parliament Alen Simonyan, 2% - the second President of the Republic  of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, another 8% found it difficult to answer.

When asked which party or alliance you would vote for if  parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 23% of respondents  named political forces associated with the current Prime Minister of  the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, 4% - the Armenia bloc of  Robert Kocharyan, 3% the Public Voice  party  of Vardan Ghukasyan.  Serzh Sargsyan's RPA, Gagik Tsarukyan's "Prosperous Armenia", Aram  Sargsyan's "Republic" received 2% each, Levon Ter-Petrosyan's  Armenian National Congress and ARF received another 1% each.4% gave a  different answer. 10% said they would not vote for anyone, 6% said  they would invalidate the ballot, 26% of respondents said they would  not participate in the vote, and another 16% found it difficult or  refused to answer.

At the same time, 48% of respondents admitted that they would like to  see new political actors in the country, 47% considered the existing  ones sufficient, and another 5% found it difficult to answer.  At the  same time, 64% of respondents are generally satisfied with the work  of the country's armed forces, 33% are generally not satisfied, and  another 3% found it difficult to answer. The army is in first place,  whose work respondents are satisfied with.

The police are in second place; 62% of respondents are generally  satisfied with their work, 35% are generally dissatisfied, and  another 3% found it difficult to answer.  59% of respondents are  generally satisfied with the work of local governments, 37% are  generally dissatisfied, another 3% found it difficult to answer. The  National Security Service is in fourth place: 53% are generally  satisfied with its work, 38% are generally dissatisfied, and another  9% found it difficult to answer. The Central Election Commission was  in fifth place: 52% were generally satisfied with its work, 37% were  dissatisfied, and another 10% found it difficult to answer.

Most of all, respondents are dissatisfied with the work of  parliament. In general, 68% of respondents considered its activities  unproductive, 29% considered its activities generally normal, and  another 2% found it difficult to answer. Citizens are also  dissatisfied with the activities of the courts. 50% of respondents  considered their work generally unsatisfactory, 37% - generally  satisfactory, another 13% found it difficult to assess. Those  surveyed also expressed dissatisfaction with the activities of the  presidential office. Only 27% consider it generally satisfactory, 47%  - generally unsatisfactory, and another 18% found it difficult to  answer.

In fourth place among those whose activities citizens are generally  dissatisfied with was the prosecutor's office. 43% of respondents  gave a generally negative assessment of its work, 39% generally  considered its activities satisfactory, 18% found it difficult to  answer.

50% of respondents are generally satisfied with the activities of the  Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia, 48% - generally  dissatisfied, another 3% found it difficult to answer.  52% of  respondents are satisfied with the work of the Ombudsman's office,  37% - in general dissatisfied, another 12% found it difficult to  answer.

When asked to name the key achievement of the Pashinyan government  over the past 6 months, 28% noted that there were no achievements,  20% found it difficult to name, 17% named the transition to  multi-vector, 14% - the return of prisoners, 10% - changes in the  army, the purchase of weapons.  At the same time, 36% of respondents  consider the surrender of Artsakh the main omission of the Pashinyan  government over the same period, 11% - the wrong foreign policy  course, 6% -the wrong personnel policy. Notably, 10% did not see any  failures in government policy, another 26% found it difficult or  refused to answer.

At the same time, 92% of respondents consider it important that the  Armenian government provide assistance to the forcibly displaced  people of Artsakh, 7% generally do not see the need for this, and  another 1% found it difficult to answer. 22% expressed  dissatisfaction with the government's crisis management in providing  assistance to the people of Artsakh, 83% were generally satisfied,  another 5% found it difficult to answer.

The survey was conducted on behalf of the International Republican  Institute's Center for Insights in Survey Research by Breavis. Data  was collected via telephone (CATI) administered interviews throughout  Armenia between December 13 and December 22, 2023.  The sample  consisted of 1,508 permanent residents of Armenia 18 and older. The  achieved sample was weighted for age, gender, and community type  according to the 2023 Yearbook of the Statistical Committee of  Armenia, as well as to the average of IRI CATI polls in Armenia for  education. The margin of error does not exceed plus or minus 2.5  percentage points for the full sample. The response rate was  28%.respondents expressed the belief that it is in the right  direction, another 39% said it is in the wrong direction, and another  12% found it difficult to answer.  The study was funded by the United  States Agency for International Development (USAID).