Lilit Makunts is trusted inside the CC party but it is not certain in case of media field

From 1 to 10 July, 2019, the “Media Advocate” initiative followed online media reports on the Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Lilit Makunts’s personality and activities.

35 leading Armenian news agencies have been monitored.

In the specified period, 98 articles were declared, 33 of which were negative, 16 were positive and 49 were neutral.

Member of the National Assembly, Lilit Makunts has received positive assessments during this ten-day period. From the press releases it becomes clear that Lilit Makunts is trusted inside the CC party. The news outlets have criticized Lilit Makunts after the Supreme Judicial Council election-related issues. First, Lilit Makunts announced that the name of the candidate will soon be known, but after a long time, the candidate is not known yet.

During Lilit Makunts’ tenure as Minister, Director of State Choreography Theater SNCO, Gayane Karapetyan, was fired. The latter applied to the court, the court ruled in favor of Gayane Karapetyan. The media outlets have criticized and contradicted the statement by Lilit Makunts, according to which the fourth power is inviolable and extremely important – there can be no such thing when they say that the next target of the authorities will be the fourth power.

It turns out that Lilit Makunts is trusted inside the party, but the actions and words of the MP are not definitely accepted in the media field. The MP also does not get rid of problems occurred during the former post, and they continue to influence her reputation today.