The Chairman of the Supreme Administrative Court Georgi Cholakov has enormous influence on the Constitutional Court. There have been meetings in the format Peevski – Cholakov – Sarafov after the adoption of the constitution on the occasion of the Constitutional Court's decision on the topic of "the pulverization of the Constitution".
This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by Ivaylo Mirchev, one of the chairmen of "Yes, Bulgaria".
"After we adopted the Constitution, there were all indications that Peevski was not happy about the weakening of his grip on the judiciary."
"Regarding the votes of the MRF for the Constitution, we have stated very honestly to everyone – that we will turn to them, as early as 2020. Because there is nowhere to get 160 votes. Whenever the Constitution has been discussed, we have said that we will turn to the other parties in parliament. We have two choices – either not to change the Constitution, which makes all efforts meaningless, or to turn to the MRF to change the Constitution of the country together. We have publicly declared that there will be a conversation with the MRF," Mirchev explained.
There has never been a clear desire on the part of Borisov to act on the replacement of regulators without a partnership with Delyan Peevski, Mirchev emphasized. He added that the PP-DB had considered the option of separating Borisov from Peevski.
The regulators will look bad. And until now, Peevski has had exclusive power in the regulators, believes the co-chair of "Yes, Bulgaria".
We were used to, when the two little boys here are fighting, relying on the big brother - Brussels, Washington or London. The "Magnitsky" sanctions don't work, we have the ubiquitous Peevski, commented Ivaylo Mirchev on the show "Politically Incorrect". Asked about Peevski's legitimization, he recalled how "Peevski was shyly, and sometimes not so shyly, peeking behind Boyko Borisov's shoulder".
"The remark about greasy coffee was born because Peevski had nothing against Hristo Ivanov. When you have nothing against him, you sit down and explain how he drank greasy coffee. I have very rarely seen Hristo Ivanov even drink coffee."
Regarding the candidacy of DANS chief Plamen Tonchev for chairman of the Commission on Files, he pointed out that with Tonchev's removal, DANS is being taken over. According to him, Tonchev was trying to balance between Radev on the one hand, and Peevski and Borisov on the other.
"Peevski obviously did not like this balance and as a result he resigned. (…) I have no doubt that he was motivated in the right way. The most common addiction is compromising material, some case of corpses in the prosecutor's office. A large part of the people who hold one or another public position have some skeletons in their closet and Peevski and the people around him have proven that they can use them in a good way."
It is clear that Peevski's criticism of the president has stopped very abruptly. The sharpness in this conflict is missing, he noted.
In Bulgaria, it is not clear who Trump's representative is. It is quite confused. "Vazrazhdane" wants us to tie the lev to the dollar, said Mirchev, describing the situation as "political paprikash". In his words, "something sharply Trumpist" has not arisen under Kiril Petkov in view of his presence at Donald Trump's inauguration.
The request we are making is for a higher degree of integration in the DB and in the democratic right as a broader community, he specified about the direction in which they will work from "Yes, Bulgaria".
"We have certain differences with the PP, but we have a common parliamentary group, we have common causes. In terms of policies, we have quite a few differences. The PP is a centrist formation, with a certain left bias. I cannot say that they are a right-wing formation. This does not mean that we will part ways with the PP tomorrow. We have a lot to improve in our work in this coalition in parliament, so that we can have arguments to appear together again."
The powerful duo of Borisov and Peevski has taken control of almost all institutions in the state, Mirchev also noted, according to whom the older brother, to whom you can complain, is no longer there.
"If we want to oppose this Peevski-Borisov tandem, especially in Sofia, we must first unite our community, which does not mean a mechanical gathering of parties. Everyone has learned from the mistakes of the past."