Only 3.3% of Armenia`s residents for amendments to Armenia`s  Constitution

ArmInfo. In Armenia, 80.3% of respondents are against changing the Constitution of the Republic of  Armenia. According to the results of the "Constitution - Napkin" survey conducted by the consulting company MPG - the exclusive representative of the International Association GALLUP in Armenia, at  the beginning of the year, there were much fewer speakers against changing the Constitution (38.1%).

11.7% of respondents are of the opinion that there is a need to amend  only some provisions of the Constitution, whereas in January 34.2% of  citizens thought so.

It is noteworthy that only 3.3% of respondents want to see a new  Constitution; at the beginning of the year, 13.4% of respondents were  in favor of completely changing the Constitution. 4.7% found it  difficult to answer (versus 14.4% in January of this year).

At the same time, the majority of respondents (39.4%) negatively  assess the process of demarcation and delimitation of the border  initiated by Nikol Pashinyan's government; 17.5% of citizens have a  rather negative view, 21.2% have a rather positive view, and only  16.7% of respondents expressed unequivocal support for the state.  5.2% found it difficult to answer.

In general, citizens participating in the survey have a negative  attitude towards the activities of the Prime Minister. In May, 41.1%  held this opinion; in July, their number decreased slightly to 40.3%.  14.5% are rather dissatisfied with the work of the prime minister,  while in May there were more of them (18.6%), 21.7% are rather  satisfied (versus 18.7% in May). At the same time, 13.4% of  respondents have a completely positive assessment of Pashinyan's  activities (versus 9.1% in May).

However, even with such an assessment, among the political forces,  the majority of respondents are ready to vote for the ruling party  "Civil Contract" (GD). If parliamentary elections were held next  Sunday, 14.4% of respondents would vote for the State Duma, 3.7% -  the "Armenia" bloc, 3.5% - Vardan Ghukasyan's party, 2.3% - "I have  the honor >, 1.5% - for Bagrat Srbazan, 1.2% - "Prosperous Armenia",  0.6% - "Republic". 8.6% - do not want to vote for any of the parties  represented, 7.1% - completely refused to answer, 22.5% - found it  difficult to answer, and the majority of respondents (32.5%) - do not  intend to take part in the vote.

At the same time, over the course of 2 months, the number of  supporters of the Tavush in the Name of the Motherland movement, led  by Archbishop Bagrat Srbazan, sharply decreased. In particular, in  May of this year. 35.1% of respondents said they had a completely  positive assessment of this movement, and already in July their  number dropped to 18.3%. 17.8% of respondents responded positively to  the movement in May; their number in July decreased to 15.5%. In May,  23.5% of citizens had a clearly negative attitude towards Bagrat  Srbazan's activities within the framework of the movement's struggle;  by July, their number increased to 32.4%. It was noted that 10% of  respondents had a rather negative attitude in May, and in July it was  already 14.9%. In May, 13.6% found it difficult to answer, in July -  18.9%.

When asked what policy Armenia should follow in the Artsakh issue,  the majority of survey participants (33.3%) expressed the opinion  that it is necessary to create decent conditions for the Artsakh  people to return home; 29.5% believe that they should wait for more  convenient times so that in the future raise the Artsakh issue again,  21.5% noted that one should strive to restore control over Artsakh  and only 10.2% are confident that the Artsakh page should be closed  in order to avoid future problems. 4.6% of respondents found it  difficult to answer, 0.9% provided other options.

The survey was conducted through telephone calls to residents of  Armenia during the period from July 3 to July 6 of this year. The  sample size was 1100, error +/- 3%.

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