After last night's mass protests in Sofia and the country and President Rumen Radev's call for the cabinet to resign, the co-chair of “Yes, Bulgaria“ Bozhidar Bozhanov stated that the rulers have lost legitimacy and new demonstrations are coming, as well as a vote of no confidence.
Bozhanov commented on the speech of President Radev, who earlier today stated that the government has lost public support and early elections are inevitable.
“The president repeated what we have been saying for months - the government has severed its connection with the citizens. It is to blame. Resignation and early elections are the only way forward“, said Bozanov.
He denied the possibility of a political alliance with the president, but pointed out that “the positions on this specific case coincide“.
“We have criticized the president for his positions. On this topic, we hold this position and there is no reason to argue with the president on it.“
According to Bozanov, “Yes, Bulgaria“ will introduce a vote of no confidence if a resignation is not submitted voluntarily.
“Yes, it probably will not pass. But this is the opposition's duty – to clearly show that this government has lost trust“, he specified.
Bozhanov commented that there are “cracks“ in the ruling majority, which will become visible in the plenary hall.
According to him, the incidents at the end of last night's protest, in which groups of masked people caused tension, are because there were no police where there were provocateurs.
“These provocateurs were there so that someone could politically use what happened.“, he believes.
According to Bozhanov, it was the chairman of the MRF, Delyan Peevski, who was the first to turn the incidents into an argument for a hard line for the government.
Bozhanov claims that the actions surrounding the protest show “schemes that cannot happen without institutional intervention“ and gave examples of power outages in large parts of downtown Sofia, as well as an attempt to hack accounts broadcasting the protest live.
“An ordinary citizen has no way of knowing which substation to blow up to cut off the power at the exact moment the march passes. This is the work of people with very specific knowledge“, he said.
According to Bozanov, the budget that sparked the wave of discontent is marked by a “Peevski tax“ - money that will be directed to “controlled municipalities, companies and projects“.