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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION LEADER IS LESS POPULAR THAN BIG BUSINESSMAN - SOCIOLOGIST
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July 6, 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Provided that the President and the PM in office will not
participate in hypothetic early elections, the leader of opposition
Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan will win none
of these positions, sociologist Aharon Adibekyan said at a press
conference on Wednesday.
"I was much interested what would be the results of hypothetic
early Presidential and Parliamentary election, provided that current
President and PM do not participate. The most frequent guess among
our respondents was for the leader of Prosperous Armenia party
Gagik Tsarukyan, whereas Levon Ter-Petrosyan was only the second,"
said Adibekyan.
According to him, the opinion poll among 1650 Armenian citizens
indicated that big businessman and leader of Prosperous Armenia party
Gagik Tsarukyan is also the most expected candidate for PM, but Levon
Ter-Petrosyan is marked only 6th in this list. Second most expected
PM candidate is the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.
Findings of the poll reveal that the political elite of Armenia has
significantly depleted recently.
"In presidential elections of 1998 we had 21 candidates, however
the respondents named only 14 candidates for President now: 5 among
authorities, 7 from opposition and two independent candidates. 19
candidates were named for PM office: 9 of them represented authorities,
8 represented opposition, and 2 of them were independent candidates,"
said the expert.
At the same time, 68 percent of 1650 respondents refused to participate
in Adibekyan's poll.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
July 6, 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Provided that the President and the PM in office will not
participate in hypothetic early elections, the leader of opposition
Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan will win none
of these positions, sociologist Aharon Adibekyan said at a press
conference on Wednesday.
"I was much interested what would be the results of hypothetic
early Presidential and Parliamentary election, provided that current
President and PM do not participate. The most frequent guess among
our respondents was for the leader of Prosperous Armenia party
Gagik Tsarukyan, whereas Levon Ter-Petrosyan was only the second,"
said Adibekyan.
According to him, the opinion poll among 1650 Armenian citizens
indicated that big businessman and leader of Prosperous Armenia party
Gagik Tsarukyan is also the most expected candidate for PM, but Levon
Ter-Petrosyan is marked only 6th in this list. Second most expected
PM candidate is the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.
Findings of the poll reveal that the political elite of Armenia has
significantly depleted recently.
"In presidential elections of 1998 we had 21 candidates, however
the respondents named only 14 candidates for President now: 5 among
authorities, 7 from opposition and two independent candidates. 19
candidates were named for PM office: 9 of them represented authorities,
8 represented opposition, and 2 of them were independent candidates,"
said the expert.
At the same time, 68 percent of 1650 respondents refused to participate
in Adibekyan's poll.
From: A. Papazian