Gallup: Armenia ruling bloc's rating down by 4.5% within a monthMay 3, 2021 - 19:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The approval rating of Armenia's ruling My Step bloc, which is led by acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, dropped by 4.5% within just a month, two separate surveys conducted by Gallup International in March and April reveal. 31.7% of respondents said in late March – and 27.2% in late April – that they would vote for Pashinyan's bloc if elections were held next Sunday, Gallup said. Support for ex-President Robert Kocharyan, meanwhile, grew over the one-month period – from 5.9% to 8.1%. All the other relatively major political forces too lost ground, according to the survey. Prosperous Armenia's rating fell from 4.4% to 3.7%, as did those of Bright Armenia (from 2.7% to 1.8%), the Republican Party (from 2.4% to 1.1%) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun (from 2.1% to 1.8%). On the other side, more people said they are going to participate in elections – up from 41.2% to 48.3% in April, Gallup said. Pashinyan announced on March 18 that Armenia will hold snap parliamentary elections on June 20. The PM came under fire after signing a statement with the Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh almost 45 days after the start of the military hostilities. Under the deal, the Armenian side was forced to return all the seven regions surrounding Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |