A situation of the “winter of our discontent” is emerging. Not according to Steinbeck, the situation is completely different. The people in the square are demanding resignation. I left the protest on Monday at 10:00 p.m., I did not go to the headquarters of the Bulgarian People's Rights Movement because I expected such provocations. Everything was organized. This was stated to bTV by Gen. Atanas Atanasov from “We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria”.
„The parallel center of power is Borisov and Peevski, all state decisions are made there, most likely sensitive information is reported there“, he believes.
In his words, the ruling party is moving with a delay: „They are like the BDZ trains – they move with a delay, in my opinion 2-3 weeks late. We asked for the withdrawal of this brutal budget, Borisov also wanted the budget to be withdrawn, but the coalition partners did not allow him. The BSP shouted at me: „Well, general, your colleague General Borisov's knees are going weak very quickly”. The ruling party is getting stuck like a donkey on a bridge.“
„There will be agony for months. This is counterproductive for the development of the state. This draft budget is nothing new, the philosophy of the budget is wrong“, Gen. Atanasov pointed out.
He believes that with their arrogant behavior, the ruling party drove the protesters onto the streets, and the budget was the last straw.
Regarding the vote of no confidence in the PP-DB, Atanasov explained: “The support will come from the people in the squares and streets. Let the ruling party do their due diligence – I would say that they have an interest in ending this agony as quickly as possible, because it erodes trust in them. If this vote of no confidence does not pass, the protests will intensify and there will be another vote. The people want elections.”
A new CEC is needed and machine voting is restored, he is categorical.