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| 12:26:41 | 17-09-2005 | Politics |
POTENTIAL VOTERS ARE NOT NUMEROUS
The constitutional referendum to all appearances will be held on November
20. According to the preliminary data, the draft will be submitted to the
last reading in the NA October 3-7. The operating Constitution says that the
draft submitted to the referendum is considered adopted of over half of the
voters but no less that a third of those included in the electoral rolls
vote `for'.
This week we tried to find out whether our citizens are going to take part
in the upcoming referendum. We surveyed 100 people. Only 19% of the
respondents are going to participate in the referendum. `I wish dual
citizenship were adopted', a woman said. Some are going to vote `for'
because according to the draft the Mayor of Yerevan should be elected but
not appointed.
24% of those surveyed are going to vote `against'. `I am going to vote
`against' over some reasons, for example, after the resignation the
President cannot be called to account', one of them said.
35% confessed that they will not take part in the referendum because they
are not aquatinted with the issue. 22% found it hard to answer. Some of them
cannot decide whether the reviewed Constitution is progress or regress.
| 12:26:41 | 17-09-2005 | Politics |
POTENTIAL VOTERS ARE NOT NUMEROUS
The constitutional referendum to all appearances will be held on November
20. According to the preliminary data, the draft will be submitted to the
last reading in the NA October 3-7. The operating Constitution says that the
draft submitted to the referendum is considered adopted of over half of the
voters but no less that a third of those included in the electoral rolls
vote `for'.
This week we tried to find out whether our citizens are going to take part
in the upcoming referendum. We surveyed 100 people. Only 19% of the
respondents are going to participate in the referendum. `I wish dual
citizenship were adopted', a woman said. Some are going to vote `for'
because according to the draft the Mayor of Yerevan should be elected but
not appointed.
24% of those surveyed are going to vote `against'. `I am going to vote
`against' over some reasons, for example, after the resignation the
President cannot be called to account', one of them said.
35% confessed that they will not take part in the referendum because they
are not aquatinted with the issue. 22% found it hard to answer. Some of them
cannot decide whether the reviewed Constitution is progress or regress.