Haykakan Zhamanak, Armenia
Feb 1 2007

POLL SAID TO SHOW ARMENIANS VIEW PRESIDENT AS "MOST CORRUPT" PERSON
IN COUNTRY

Yesterday, the Transparency International-Armenia public organization
published a book Corruption Perception in Armenia, which presents the
results of a public opinion poll held in Armenia. According to the
poll, President Robert Kocharyan is the most corrupt person in
Armenia. Putting it mildly, the results of the poll are damaging for
all the branches of the Armenian authorities. Incidentally, the
participants in the poll mentioned holding a free and fair election
as a way to correct the current situation. This public opinion poll
in fact disproves all the other "false polls" carried out recently,
according to which the majority of voters connect their hopes with
the RPA [Republican Party of Armenia] and PAP [Prosperous Armenia
Party]. Corruption is an evil. For this reason, those who think that
the Armenian president, prime minister and all the other officials
are responsible cannot connect their future hopes with such people.