Armenian authorities leading country in the wrong direction and   failing to make sufficient efforts to return prisoners of war - MPG  poll

ArmInfo. According to the results of a poll conducted by  the consulting company MPG/ "Proud Cipollino", most respondents in Armenia believe that the  Armenian authorities' efforts to rescue Armenian prisoners of war and hostages from Azerbaijani prisons are insufficient. 

When asked if the Armenian authorities are making enough efforts to  return Armenians to their homeland, only 5.6% of respondents gave a  definite affirmative answer, 11.9% - said rather  yes, 17.9% - rather  no, 39% - definitely no, and another 25.5% found it difficult to  answer.  Citizens also believe that the country is moving in the  wrong direction. When asked whether Armenia is generally moving in  the right or wrong direction, 38.8% of respondents said it is moving  in the wrong direction, 19.7% - rather in the wrong direction, 14.7%  - rather in the right direction, 9.5% - in the right direction, and  another 17.2% of respondents found it difficult to answer. At the  same time, the most important task facing Armenia, according to  respondents, remains the issue of security. 

This is the opinion of 39.5% of respondents. 21% named the issue of  border clarification, 15.6% - the threat of war, 14% - the economic  situation, 9.7% - public transport, and 9.5% - inflation and rising  prices. 6.7% found it difficult to answer, and 9.3% gave a different  answer. Other issues named included low pensions and salaries,  unemployment, high taxes, the need for a change in leadership, the  need to strengthen the army, the poor state of education, the  issue  of returning prisoners, population outflow, and corruption. 

It should be noted that the survey was conducted via telephone calls  to residents of the Republic of Armenia from January 20 to 22 of this  year. The sample size was 1100 with a sampling error +/- 3%. In 2011,  MPG became the official representative of the Gallup International  Association in Armenia - one of the most prestigious and independent  public opinion research organizations in the world. Since 2003, MPG,  has been working in the market of sociological and marketing  research, having implemented more than 800 projects of various  scales.