ACCORDING TO AHARON ADIBEKIAN, VOTERS QUITE ACTIVE PRIOR TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN NAGORNO KARABAKH

NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 3, 2010
YEREVAN

The survey conducted in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic by Sociometer
sociological center shows that the voters are quite active prior to
the parliamentary elections to be held on May 23. The director of
Sociometer center Aharon Adibekian said at the May 3 press conference
that the survey was conducted on April 8-10, following the approval
of the parties’ proportional and majoritarian electoral rolls by the
Central Election Commission.

1,408 people from 35 settlements: Stepanakert, 6 regional centers and
28 villages were surveyed. 47% of respondents already decided which
party to elect.

According to the survey results, at the start of the election campaign,
there were three leaders: the Democratic Party, Free Fatherland party,
and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) which did not have a
high rating at the previous elections. In the words of A. Adibekian,
the rise in ARF’s rating is mainly conditioned by this party’s tough
position on Armenian-Turkish relations "because residents of Artsakh
believe that against the background of these relations, the Republic
of Armenia will make concessions on Nagorno Karabakh".

A. Adibekian also said that in the NKR they met with representatives of
the authorities and various strata of society and they can definitely
say that everything is being done in Karabakh to hold democratic
elections.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress