The Law on the Law of the Minister of Finance? In Bulgaria - the wonderland, apparently everything is possible.
No, it's not about nagging. It's about respect for institutions. And most of all for the institution that Rumen Radev himself embodies today - no longer only as president, but also as a person who has concentrated enormous political power.
This was published on his Facebook page by diplomat and energy expert Iliyan Vassilev, after Rumen Radev returned to President Yotova a folder with a completed cabinet mandate and announced the names of the ministers. Here is more from Vassilev's comment:
This respect is also measured in the choice of people who are worthy of the tradition, weight and institutional memory of the state. Burov was in this ministry. Geshov, Karavelov, Dobri Bozhilov. In the previous edition of the left-wing cabinet, it was Plamen Oresharski.
The Ministry of Finance is not a secondary department. It is one of the critical ministries in any government. There can be no improvisations there, nor appointments with the logic of “you will learn on the fly”. Look back in history - has anyone ever allowed themselves to improvise so much with the figure of the Minister of Finance.
Yes, one can master procedures and techniques. But there is a difference between administration and professional instinct. Real financial policy requires deep knowledge, accumulated experience and the ability to foresee the consequences of each decision - especially in a period of deficits, inflationary pressure and growing debt. You can hire hundreds of advisors, but they cannot compensate for the minister's deficits.
And most importantly - Radev's voters did not give him advance trust to watch personnel experiments. They gave it to him with the expectation of stability, competence and dismantling of the model, not for improvisations in the most sensitive sectors of government.
I'll stop here. Because, if I'm right, Radev has not yet understood the difference between being president and prime minister. And instead of accepting criticism, he will dig in and aggressively defend himself precisely when he should be listened to. This absolute majority is about to play a bad joke on him. Because there is no need for coalitions and negotiations. He can do everything. Alone. And who exactly should be his corrective?! See less