People's anger is justified, because the state is out of place, said Vice President Iliana Yotova in a comment on the fires that broke out in the country. Yotova was a guest on the program “In Focus with Lora Krumova“ on Nova TV.
After the fires in the Yambol region last year, we are now a year later, but then there were very serious promises from the executive branch for measures at all levels - from necessary equipment, training, to specific measures and financial resources that the state had to allocate. So far - nothing, Yotova added. In her words, now that we are talking about other topics, they somehow ring hollow.
Regarding the EU mutual assistance mechanism, Yotova said that it is a well-functioning system, but we cannot expect miracles, because there are fires everywhere in Europe. Couldn't we, as the presidential institution once proposed, have part of the funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan be for specialized firefighting equipment, Yotova asked.
Vice President Yotova thanked the firefighters and volunteers and added that no funds were provided for firefighters in the last salary increase. Do you see the double standards, Yotova also asked. She also commented on Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's statement earlier today from Moldova, related to the fires in Bulgaria, and asked whether the Prime Minister's comment is limited to human negligence.