ArmInfo.In Armenia, 60% of respondents do not trust any public or political figure, according to a new nationwide poll conducted in Armenia by the International Republican Institute's (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR).
So, when asked which politician or public figure you trust most, 60% answered - none of them. At the same time, 17% of respondents still believe the current Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, 5% - the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ararat Mirzoyan, 4% - the head of the Republic party Aram Sargsyan, 3% - the Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan, 2% - the second President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, another 8% found it difficult to answer.
When asked which party or alliance you would vote for if parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 23% of respondents named political forces associated with the current Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, 4% - the Armenia bloc of Robert Kocharyan, 3% the Public Voice party of Vardan Ghukasyan. Serzh Sargsyan's RPA, Gagik Tsarukyan's "Prosperous Armenia", Aram Sargsyan's "Republic" received 2% each, Levon Ter-Petrosyan's Armenian National Congress and ARF received another 1% each.4% gave a different answer. 10% said they would not vote for anyone, 6% said they would invalidate the ballot, 26% of respondents said they would not participate in the vote, and another 16% found it difficult or refused to answer.
At the same time, 48% of respondents admitted that they would like to see new political actors in the country, 47% considered the existing ones sufficient, and another 5% found it difficult to answer. At the same time, 64% of respondents are generally satisfied with the work of the country's armed forces, 33% are generally not satisfied, and another 3% found it difficult to answer. The army is in first place, whose work respondents are satisfied with.
The police are in second place; 62% of respondents are generally satisfied with their work, 35% are generally dissatisfied, and another 3% found it difficult to answer. 59% of respondents are generally satisfied with the work of local governments, 37% are generally dissatisfied, another 3% found it difficult to answer. The National Security Service is in fourth place: 53% are generally satisfied with its work, 38% are generally dissatisfied, and another 9% found it difficult to answer. The Central Election Commission was in fifth place: 52% were generally satisfied with its work, 37% were dissatisfied, and another 10% found it difficult to answer.
Most of all, respondents are dissatisfied with the work of parliament. In general, 68% of respondents considered its activities unproductive, 29% considered its activities generally normal, and another 2% found it difficult to answer. Citizens are also dissatisfied with the activities of the courts. 50% of respondents considered their work generally unsatisfactory, 37% - generally satisfactory, another 13% found it difficult to assess. Those surveyed also expressed dissatisfaction with the activities of the presidential office. Only 27% consider it generally satisfactory, 47% - generally unsatisfactory, and another 18% found it difficult to answer.
In fourth place among those whose activities citizens are generally dissatisfied with was the prosecutor's office. 43% of respondents gave a generally negative assessment of its work, 39% generally considered its activities satisfactory, 18% found it difficult to answer.
50% of respondents are generally satisfied with the activities of the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia, 48% - generally dissatisfied, another 3% found it difficult to answer. 52% of respondents are satisfied with the work of the Ombudsman's office, 37% - in general dissatisfied, another 12% found it difficult to answer.
When asked to name the key achievement of the Pashinyan government over the past 6 months, 28% noted that there were no achievements, 20% found it difficult to name, 17% named the transition to multi-vector, 14% - the return of prisoners, 10% - changes in the army, the purchase of weapons. At the same time, 36% of respondents consider the surrender of Artsakh the main omission of the Pashinyan government over the same period, 11% - the wrong foreign policy course, 6% -the wrong personnel policy. Notably, 10% did not see any failures in government policy, another 26% found it difficult or refused to answer.
At the same time, 92% of respondents consider it important that the Armenian government provide assistance to the forcibly displaced people of Artsakh, 7% generally do not see the need for this, and another 1% found it difficult to answer. 22% expressed dissatisfaction with the government's crisis management in providing assistance to the people of Artsakh, 83% were generally satisfied, another 5% found it difficult to answer.
The survey was conducted on behalf of the International Republican Institute's Center for Insights in Survey Research by Breavis. Data was collected via telephone (CATI) administered interviews throughout Armenia between December 13 and December 22, 2023. The sample consisted of 1,508 permanent residents of Armenia 18 and older. The achieved sample was weighted for age, gender, and community type according to the 2023 Yearbook of the Statistical Committee of Armenia, as well as to the average of IRI CATI polls in Armenia for education. The margin of error does not exceed plus or minus 2.5 percentage points for the full sample. The response rate was 28%.respondents expressed the belief that it is in the right direction, another 39% said it is in the wrong direction, and another 12% found it difficult to answer. The study was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).