ROBERT KOCHARYAN, TIGRAN KARAPETYAN NAMED AS MOST PROMINENT PERSONS OF
YEAR IN ARMENIA

A1 Plus | 15:39:30 | 19-11-2004 | Social |

Vox Populi center conducted recently a telephone survey in Yerevan to
know the most important person and the most remarkable event in Armenia
and entire world of this year. As many as 964 Yerevan residents were
questioned about that.

64,8% of respondents found it difficult to answer the question about
the most remarkable event in Armenia, though following events were
mentioned:

Opposition-staged rallies – 7,7%

Peace maintenance – 6,7%

Jehovah Witnesses sect registration – 5,3%

Ongoing emigration – 4,6%

Samvel Babayan release from jail – 1,2%

Other answers – 9,6%

35% of respondents said the most important event in the world is
American presidential elections. The others mentioned war in Iraq,
terrorist act in Beslan and Yasser Arafat’s death.

24% said they saw not a single “person of the year” in Armenia while
12,9% named Tigran Karapetyan, 11,4% – said it was Armenian president
Robert Kocharyan.

PM Andranik Margaryan was mentioned by 10,9%, National Assembly
speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan by 9,4% and defense minister Serge
Sargssyan by 6,8%.

What about “the world person of the year”, 33% said it was the U.S.
president Bush, after him Vladimir Putin and then Yasser Arafat,
Mikhail Saakashvili and even Bin Laden.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress