Armenian Genocide commemoration must be enshrined in Constitution -  poll 

ArmInfo.According to a poll conducted by the MPG company, the overwhelming majority of respondents in Armenia believe that the Armenian genocide of 1915-1923 is a tragedy, the memory of which should be enshrined in the Constitution of the country. 84.2% of respondents in Armenia were for including April 24 in Armenia's Constitution. 

Another 7.4% believe that it is a historical date that should be  honored, but not enshrined in legislation.  Another 5.6% of  respondents called this a sore that prevents Armenia from  establishing relations with its neighbors, 0.3% gave a different  answer, 2.5% found it difficult to answer.

When asked to express their attitude to the statement of the deputy  from the "Civil Contract" faction Andranik Kocharyan about the need  to compile a name list of victims of the Armenian Genocide, 53.9% of  respondents expressed the belief that this is a Turkish program, the  purpose of which is to create a commission and cast doubt on the fact  of genocide.

18.7% considered this a fair initiative aimed at identifying the  identities of the dead, 3.1% gave a different answer, another 24.3%  found it difficult to answer.

At the same time, 69.4% of respondents in Yerevan and 44.5% in the  regions (in total 54%) stated that on April 24 they visited/will  visit the memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, 29% in  Yerevan and 52.9% in the regions (in total 43.7%) - did not visit/  will not visit the memorial, another 2.3% found it difficult to  answer.

The survey was conducted through telephone calls to residents of the  Republic of Armenia in the period from April 22 to April 25 of this  year, the sample size was 1100, the sampling error was +/- 3%.

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