"I will most likely be on the lists", Anton Kutev, spokesman for two of the caretaker governments formed by Rumen Radev, told the Bulgarian National Radio, albeit with a dose of convention. Kutev is also a former functionary and MP from the BSP.
"In politics, nothing is clear until the last moment. Let's see the registered lists." Kutev chose Radev and "Progressive Bulgaria", not the BSP, with the argument that they "respected family" to the BSP and explained that his transition to Radev happened "smoothly".
According to him, Radev is making a very careful selection of people on the lists of "Progressive Bulgaria".
"Even if there are breakthroughs, we will deal with them on the fly. Compromising material will come out, they will form. The forces that are currently working against Radev are on the edge. Either with Radev we will manage to turn the country around, or they will oust Radev. There is no middle ground."
If Radev wins and there is a wave, it will be because people believe that he can change Bulgaria, believes Kutev.
Change in Bulgaria is mandatory, it is coming and can only come from Rumen Radev at the moment.
Even if the BSP does not enter parliament in these elections, it will cross the barrier next time, especially with Krum Zarkov and the young people in the party, he said.
A lot of effort has been made to ensure that there is no competition in the party and political market, and we owe the situation we are currently in to this. Radev appeared as an alternative not because there were no other people who wanted to be an alternative, but because that is how the legislation was made - so that they would not succeed, commented Anton Kutev on the show "Politically Incorrect".
Radev will not succumb to blackmail, "even less in this petty way through the parties" in the coalition, he will not fold and sell his principled political position, he is categorical.
Anton Kutev declared that they are working for 120 deputies so that they have the "clear opportunity" to govern independently. Radev will be the big party. It is not without importance whether the BSP will be in parliament and who is ready to make what compromises, he also pointed out and specified:
"Regarding who coalitions will be formed with, there are two levels here. One level is the creation of a government, the second – constitutional, judicial reform. I hope we are able to gather 120 deputies for the first one, but even if we are not and if we have to look for some coalitions, a coalition will be much easier there. The issue of how to gather 160 deputies to change the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council is completely different. It is clear that talks about the broad constitutional majority of 160 must be held with everyone and that any possible votes there will be held with thematic majorities."
The judicial reform has been hindered to the greatest extent so far by Borisov and Peevski and it is clear that it will not continue with their participation. The big question of these elections is whether Borisov and Peevski will have less than 80 deputies – this is a limit and will allow thematic majorities to carry out the judicial reform without Boyko Borisov and Delyan Peevski, Kutev expressed his opinion.
And in fact, this is also the big battle of Peevski and Borisov themselves.
Direct change – with 160 votes, is not the only way. There are others, but they are slower and more problematic, he added.
The prosecutor's office, the judiciary, the Supreme Judicial Council have been controlled through long-standing illegitimate and illegal influences. A huge part of the institutions do not work and there is a "chain of dependencies", and "the best option is to unravel it completely and at once" with a change in the Supreme Judicial Council and the Prosecutor General, Anton Kutev pointed out and emphasized that Radev will not replace one oligarchy with another.
I believe that this is not about replacing one oligarchy with another, it is about legal regulations. The conversation is that we want to change the rules of the game so that they apply to everyone. Radev would not put himself in a situation to protect his own in order to beat others. He would not stake his authority on someone to poke around under him.
Andrey Gyurov's government will try to hold fair elections, he concluded.