"Every day that passes we receive more and more evidence that this is about electoral justice, about using the country's repressive apparatus, not to deliver justice, but to pressure a political opponent or someone who dares to express a loud voice in a direction different from those in power. I mean not only the arrest of the mayor of Varna, but also yesterday's arrests of protesters on the "Trakia" motorway in connection with forestry workers and a series of other cases. This is extremely worrying". This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by Nadezhda Yordanova, co-chair of the PG of "We Continue the Change" - "Democratic Bulgaria" and former Minister of Justice:
"I must make a very clear stipulation here - when there are suspicions of violations, it must be investigated. We, the politicians, we, the citizens, are not a court to say who is innocent, who is guilty, but we, both as politicians and as citizens, must insist that the law be respected equally and applied equally to everyone".
"The actions against us aim to erode public trust in us, to trample the flag of anti-corruption, to make people say: "These people are like those people too", to be disgusted again, not to vote, and the other more important goal is like a bell ringing to warn the rest - those who are mayors, municipal councilors, ministers from GERB, DPS, BSP, ITN, that if "they don't listen", at any moment in which they show backbone and free will, they will be hit in the same way", he added in an interview for the "12+3" program on "Horizont" the former Minister of Justice:
Yordanova denied there was a split in the coalition "Continuing Change" - "Democratic Bulgaria":
"We do not hide our different opinions, we do not hide that sometimes there is tension, but we make every effort to overcome them".