RENOWNED SOCIOLOGIST AND JUK LAY A BET

Panorama.am
17:12 30/03/2007

"If People’s Way Party (JUK) receives 0.8 percent of votes, I will
say farewell to sociology," Aharon Adibekyan, head of Sociometer
sociological center, told a news conference today.

Earlier Manuk Gasparyan, chairman of JUK, said that the center is
publishing figures according to orders.

Gasparyan laid a bet with the sociologist saying he must leave
sociology in case JUK collects more votes.

At the doors of parliamentary elections, several figures have ordered
sociological surveys to Aharon Adibekyan. Refusing to name the
customers, Adibekyan said 30 percent of population knows who to vote,
30 percent will not participate in elections and another 30 percent
is undecided. The sociologist believes regression of Orinats Yerkir
and emergence of Prosperous Armenia in the political field explained
the unprecedented situation.

The sociologist names 8 political parties that can overcome 5 percent
limit in the elections. Prosperous Armenia is in the first place,
followed by Armenian Republican Party (HHK), Armenian Revolutionary
Federation (Dashnakcutiun) and National Unity (AM).

Adibekyan believes HHK is still in the leading position whereas
Prosperous Armenia managed to take votes from the opposition. The
sociologist says these are preliminary data since changes may take
place in the course of the election campaign.