SOCIOLOGIST: ARF RATING GROWING IN KARABAKH
Yerkir
04.05.2010 12:13
Yerevan (Yerkir) – A 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,
Noyan Tapan reported.
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".
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.