ACCORDING TO DATA OF SOCIOMETER, MOST OF VOTERS IN REPUBLIC OF NAGORNO KARABAKH WANT TO SEE BAKO SAHAKIAN IN POST OF PRESIDENT
Noyan Tapan
Jun 18 2007
YEREVAN, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN. In the presidential elections of the
republic of Nagorno Karabakh Bako Sahakian, the Head of the National
Security Service, will struggle against Masis Mayilian, the Deputy
Prime Minister, though they "have different political weight." This
prevision was made by Aharon Adibekian, the head of the sociological
center Sociometer, at the June 18 press conference.
According to a social survey data conducted by the center in Artsakh,
45% of voters want to see Bako Sahakian in the post of the future
President of the republic of Nagorno Karabakh, and M. Mayilian,
who received 5% of the participants of the survey, is in second
place. Among the other candidates Hrant Melkumian received 3% and
Armen Abgarian and Vanik Avanesian about 1%.
In response to the question of whom they think is capable to solve
the primary problems of Nagorno Karabakh, 44% of the participants
of the survey mentioned the name of B. Sahakian, about 4.5% that of
M. Mayilian, and about 2.5% mentioned the name of H. Melkumian. The
other two candidates received approximately 1% of the votes.
In response to the question of what characteristic features the
president of the country should have, 38.5% of those asked mentioned
"considerate, thinking about his people", 17% said "educated,
literate", 12.3% "experienced, skillful", 9.5% "incorrupt", and 7.8%
said "patriotic." The answer "making a contribution to the movement"
was mentioned by only 3.5% of voters, whereas, in A. Adibekian’s
opinion, this feature was of primary significance for voters ten
years ago.
In response to a journalist’s question of whether anyone had mentioned
the fact about B. Sahakian being a drug addict, A. Adibekian answered
that among the 700 people taking part in the survey, nobody spoke
about it in that way.
"A person should not be reproached for the mistakes made when he was
young throughout his life," the sociologist added.