President Rumen Radev's draft for a new Constitution is completely ready and is standing “somewhere“, waiting to be included in discussion and possible legalization. This was announced by the diplomat and president of the Institute of Public Policy Prof. Zdravko Popov in the program “The Day Live“ on NOVA NEWS.
According to him, Prof. Emilia Drumeva, who participated in the preparation of the document, has confirmed that the draft is complete. Prof. Popov believes that the time has come to change the governance model, expecting the president to articulate his political program on a more patriotic and conservative platform.
The diplomat recalled that he had expected this move from Radev back in 2020, when he joined the civil protests. According to him, the president did not leave “Dondukov“ 2 for several reasons - preparation for a second term, the need to gain experience and the presence of political partners in the person of “Continuing Change-Democratic Bulgaria”, who through their support for him have legitimized their own participation in politics.
Prof. Popov also commented on the decision of the outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov to sign the charter of the “Peace Council“, while Rumen Radev refused Donald Trump's invitation. The diplomat suggested that Radev refused because the invitation was in his capacity as head of state, and he had already decided to leave this post and wanted to avoid ambiguity.
“The Peace Council is an elite club whose goal is to reformat the world order and build a new security. Donald Trump has the ambition to be a world leader and to create new bodies of international life, such as the “G5“ format, which would include China, India, Russia and the USA,“ Popov pointed out.
According to Prof. Popov, Trump's initiative puts the European Union in a difficult situation. He outlined a clash between two platforms: Trump's “political realism“, oriented towards interests and expansion, and Europe's “political idealism“, based on principles and values from the Cold War era.
“This council includes countries predominantly with illiberal and anti-liberal regimes, such as Belarus. That is why it is difficult for leaders like Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen to accept this model,“ the diplomat explained.
Prof. Popov stressed that it is becoming increasingly dangerous for Bulgaria to try to "sit on two chairs". "It is difficult to sit on two chairs when they are no longer next to each other, but are separated by a large distance in the room," he concluded.