"In recent weeks, an attack has been developing against "We Continue the Change", which wants to nullify them in local government, since positions in local government are particularly important for a good parliamentary result. In the last local elections, "We Continue the Change" and "Democratic Bulgaria" received a very good presence in places where GERB considered them bastions, such as Sofia and Varna, even Pazardzhik," commented on "The Day Begins with Georgi Lyubenov" on BNT, the leader of "Movement 21" Tatyana Doncheva.
According to her, the primary reason for what is happening is the destruction of the legal system.
According to her, there is a chronic problem that is getting worse.
"Borisov is getting mad that he is not the prime minister, so the issue of early elections may depend on Borisov's inability to accept the fact that someone else is the prime minister," added Tatyana Doncheva.
Of particular importance, according to Doncheva, is the role of Delyan Peevski, whom she accuses of attracting mayors to the "New Beginning" formation through pressure and dependencies, creating the illusion of political support. She emphasized that such people do not become like-minded people, but forced supporters who will rather wait for a convenient moment to escape. Doncheva claims that this model of pressure, combined with media silence and judicial comfort, is the real threat to democracy in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is in a state of facade democracy, in which the judicial system does not serve the law, but is used as an instrument for political repression, especially against opposition forces such as "Continue the Change" (PP) and "Democratic Bulgaria" (DB). On BNT, the leader of "Movement 21" and long-time lawyer Tatyana Doncheva analyzed the political and judicial crisis in the country.
According to her, it all started at the beginning of the transition, when under the slogan of "decommunization" the new democratic forces defeated the existing investigative bodies and prosecutor's office, without building sustainable and professional alternatives. This, according to Doncheva, marks the beginning of a deep erosion in the justice system, which today is expressed in a complete collapse of trust, aggression towards judges, ostentatious refusals to testify on social networks and a complete devaluation of institutional logic.
Her criticisms of the work of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACAC), which, according to her, not only does not fulfill its functions, but has completely compromised the meaning of the fight against corruption, were particularly harsh. Instead of investigating serious cases of conflict of interest in the highest echelons of power, the commission fines minor municipal councilors for administrative omissions and submits the same declarations that no one analyzes. At the same time, serious and obvious conflicts of interest at a high level remain intact. Doncheva calls this "a scandal with a systematic cover-up".
She emphasized that it is in the judicial system that the real battle for power is being waged today, citing as a specific example the actions against mayors and politicians from the PP, which she believes are part of a coordinated attack aimed at neutralizing the party at the local level. This campaign, she said, is aimed at nullifying the political influence of the PP in key cities such as Sofia, Varna and Pazardzhik, where the party achieved serious successes in the last local elections, breaking through "bastions of GERB". For this purpose, not only criminal, but also administrative justice is used, which according to Doncheva is applied selectively and tendentiously.
In this context, the arrests of public figures from the PP, such as the case of Blagomir Kotsev, were defined as political repressions, the purpose of which is not so much the administration of justice, but public humiliation and a blow to reputation. Doncheva also gave as an example the case against the mayor of Nessebar, Nikolay Dimitrov, who was arrested during the campaign, but was nevertheless elected - and even brought from detention to take the oath. According to her, this model of "hitting through the prosecutor's office" has been repeated for years and is now simply being applied against new political entities that pose a threat to the status quo.