I hope reason will prevail and it will manage the social processes in Bulgaria, not emotion. Things in Bulgaria are not developing particularly well, but this is against the backdrop of a catastrophe that we are observing around us – we are a function of what is happening.
This was said by Prof. Mikhail Konstantinov – Director of "Electoral Analyses and Forecasts“ at "Gallup International Balkans“ and a former long-time member of the Central Election Commission, in the program "Bulgaria, Europe and the World in Focus“ on Radio "Focus“.
According to him, the US-Europe conflict is entering an extremely difficult phase, which it has never been in before. "We see a deep breakdown in relations, including a misunderstanding of the basic strategies that both countries have adopted. Europe continues to hold on to its ideas about the Green Deal, on migration, on gender ideologies - things that Trump and his administration completely rejected and are fighting against", said Mikhail Konstantinov.
In order for the protesters' demands to be met, they must be realistic, he said. "I sincerely hope that Bulgarian society, which has already woken up and is quite legally claiming the rights to its own life, will orient itself correctly and will not be swayed by various false leaders. Demands for the resignation of a leader of a political party are nonsense. Let us demand real things and let everyone mind their own business", Mikhail Konstantinov urged.
According to him, any new project that will appear on the political scene will benefit from the current situation. "The most frequently mentioned project is a presidential one, but I believe that the president has no right to jump into the political swamp, because he swore to be president and unifier of the nation for 5 years. Anything else would be a crime," Konstantinov added.