  OVER 40% OF RESPONDENTS OF "VOX POPULI" COME FOR REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY IN ARMENIANovember 2, 2002 - 18:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 40.5% of interviewees came for repeal of death penalty in Armenia in the survey held by "Vox Populi" Center for studying public opinion, 37.7% were for capital punishment and 21.8% found it difficult to answer. The Center press release says that 41.2% of the respondents consider that the National Assembly of Armenia will resolve to abrogate death penalty in the country, 15.5% hold the opposite opinion, and 43.3% - could not answer. According to the same poll, having been asked whether the Armenian President Robert Kocharian is for repeal of death penalty in Armenia, 46.5% answered affirmatively, 12.5% did not agree with it and 41% found it difficult to answer.  Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation  Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |
