Public trust index:  Church and military top popularity polls

ArmInfo.  The activities of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) remain popular among citizens, as evidenced by the results of the "Bazar-Blot" survey conducted by  the consulting company MPG.

When asked to what extent they approve of the actions of the  following political figures/organizations, 64.1% of respondents  stated that they are completely satisfied with the activities of the  AAC, another 12.3% were somewhat satisfied, 3.8% were somewhat  dissatisfied, and 13.2% were completely dissatisfied.  6.6% found it  difficult to answer. The Armenian army came in second, with 59.7% of  respondents completely satisfied with its performance, 17.2% somewhat  satisfied, 4.6% somewhat dissatisfied, 13.3% dissatisfied, and 5.2%  dissatisfied. Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the "Prosperous Armenia"  party, came in third. 34.2% of respondents were satisfied with his  performance, another 26.4% were somewhat satisfied, 5.2% were  somewhat dissatisfied, 29.5% were dissatisfied, and 4.8% found it  difficult to answer.

Samvel Karapetyan, head of the "Strong Armenia" party, came in  fourth. 27.3% of respondents were satisfied with his performance,  another 16.1% were somewhat satisfied, 4.3% were somewhat  dissatisfied, 36.7% were dissatisfied, and 15.7% found it difficult  to answer.

The Prime Minister of Armenia came in fifth. Only 27.1% of  respondents were satisfied with his performance, while another 15.4%  were somewhat satisfied, 13.7% were somewhat dissatisfied, 38.5% were  dissatisfied, and 5.4% found it difficult to answer.

The top ten also included second President of Armenia Robert  Kocharyan, with about 24% generally satisfied with his performance,  about 65% dissatisfied, and 8.8% found it difficult to answer.

DOG party leader Vardan Ghukasyan: 20.2% were generally satisfied  with his performance, 64.6% were somewhat dissatisfied, and 15.2%  found it difficult to answer.

President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan, leader of the "Wings of  Unity" party Arman Tatoyan, and third President of Armenia Serzh  Sargsyan are rounding out the list. 

Note, that the telephone survey was conducted with  100 respondents  in Armenia from April 1 to April 3 of this year. The sample size was  100 people, with a sampling error of +/- 3%.  In 2011, MPG became the  official representative of the Gallup Association in Armenia, one of  the most prestigious and independent public opinion research  organizations in the world. Since 2003, MPG has implemented  over 800  projects of varying sizes in the sociological and marketing research.