There are no special manifestations, no special blunders in the election campaign at the moment. This was stated by the head of the "Political Science" department at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and chairman of the Bulgarian Association for Political Science, Prof. Svetoslav Malinov, in the "Metronome" program on Radio FOCUS.
Regarding the stated priorities in the program of "Progressive Bulgaria", the expert said that it is not possible to understand in detail from it alone how the goals will be achieved. "Considering the long wait for this formation, I think that a large part of the people have simply decided to vote for Rumen Radev and would only give up if they saw something very striking, contrary to their ideas and expectations. There is no such thing for now", he added.
"However, there is no positive dynamic either. I do not think that Radev is currently winning new voters and expanding his influence. They have stagnated. The parties have stagnated. Perhaps this is correct, considering the state of their voters. However, the majority for overthrowing this model, which was called Borisov - Peevski, is present. And it seems absolutely certain to me in the National Assembly. The question is exactly how this majority will be distributed between which parties", said Prof. Malinov.
According to him, the sociological forecasts for PP-DB are hesitant precisely because Rumen Radev has appeared on the political scene. "He certainly wasn't in any coalition with Peevski and Borisov, which was the main order of the square - that both of them be overthrown. That's why when a new player enters who wasn't in a coalition with them, not to mention the fact that he's a former president, there's no way everyone who is against the Borisov-Peevski tandem won't lose", the guest added.
According to Prof. Malinov, the most important loss at the moment for the Bulgarian party system could be the BSP, because they are fighting to enter parliament. As well as the halving of "Vazrazhdane". "Here we have a direct attack on people who traditionally voted for these two parties, which also hints at Radev's profile. While PP-DB simply doesn't gain new votes from the protest, it may turn out that they won, but not enough in the end. Because, as they say about PP-DB, even 15% is a lot, considering the results of the previous elections," he added.