There is no room for new revolutions in Bulgaria, and the political forces that are trying to return the country to the 1990s are creating unnecessary tension. This was stated in the broadcast to BNT by Prof. Georgi Bliznashki.
"The transition began in 1989, the time for revolutions is over. You see that influential factors from behind the scenes, the people who pull the strings, suddenly brought up the topic of reorganizing the state. This is an urge to return to the "good old days", when there was strong, centralized power. It won't happen, but they will try," Bliznashki commented.
He stressed that the storm in Bulgarian politics is a "storm in a teacup," since "in general, the course of the state is correct." The problem, according to him, is in the quality of the political elite: "People on stage do not always demonstrate potential, but we are moving in the right direction anyway."
The former caretaker prime minister also drew attention to a statement by President Rumen Radev, who used the phrase "granted sovereignty." "Who did we grant it to? Let them clarify these issues," Bliznashki pointed out.
On the topic of the request for a referendum on the introduction of the euro, he stated that this was "simply creating unnecessary noise." The big problem in the country, according to him, remains corruption at all levels: "The temptations of power are great. You have to see them with power that can dispose of national resources in order to draw the right conclusions."
Bliznashki also added that the idea of the "taken over state" is convenient for parties when they are in opposition, but is forgotten once they come to power: "Then they themselves master the levers of power."