Political parties continue exaggerating their ratings

PanARMENIAN.Net - "­Possibility of impartial social polls is ruled out in Armenia. This is accounted for by two factors: voters in Armenia are overwhelmed by a sense of fear, whereas polls themselves are carried out by the instruction of some political force," ANC Press Secretary Arman Mousinyantold journalists today.



Mousinyan finds that believing in such surveys is ridiculous. "If you remember, during the 2008 pre-election campaign, Head of Sociometer independent centre Aharon Adbekyan predicted 5.3% votes for Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Then, he increased ex-President's rating to 11%, declaring him as the 4th candidate in survey list. But even after mass falsifications, opposition leader obtained 21% of votes, appearing on the second horizon," ANC Press Secretary stressed, adding that sociology allowed for ±3% mistakes.



ANC Press Secretary also added that according to Vox Populi independent survey centre, ANC topped the rating list. "We treat such assessments with some prejudice as we find our electorate larger," he said.



"We conduct social polls on our own. As shown by results, we have chances to receive at least 60-65% of votes," Mousinyan said. With regard to other parties, opposition activist predicted more favorable outcome for "Prosperous Armenia". Republicans, according to him, have no chances to overcome the 7% barrier.



ANC Press Secretary also said that their party focuses more on free and fair elections rather than number of votes. "We'll consider any result sufficient, provided the elections are held in a free and fair atmosphere," he said.