The trust in the parliament is falling in the world, and Armenia is not an exception, an international expert in parliament ethics Rick Stapenhurst said in a press conference in Yerevan.
Surveys revealed, he said, that the trust in the parliament has not fallen only in Denmark and Sweden. According to the Caucasus Barometer Research Center, the public trust is rather low also in the CIS member-states.
"For instance, in Armenia only one-fourth of the population trusts in strangers. The situation in Georgia and Azerbaijan is even worse," he said. Stapenhurst said that Armenians least trust the parliament. "I suppose that after the parliamentary elections that level might increase by 2%-3%, but I cannot say that for sure," he said.
The expert said that Canadian researchers conducted public opinion polls and found out that people most trust teachers and nurses, and least car dealers and parliamentarians.
"This means that the mentality has changed, and the new generation thinks differently," he said.