“What happened in front of the National Assembly was a provocation that fulfilled its goals, which were supposedly set, namely to expose exactly these connections and dependencies in the state in the way we saw it happen“, commented on “120 minutes“ on bTV sociologist Dobromir Zhivkov.
„This tension that exists within this governing coalition has once again burst to the surface through Boyko Borisov's reaction“, he pointed out.
Zhivkov said that he could not believe how far Bulgarian political language has reached and that the level cannot be like that.
„When such language is heard from such a high level, it goes down the chain, becomes the norm and begins to be reproduced. This also becomes a model of behavior“, said the sociologist.
„Peevski got so angry because he lost control. There is a hypermania for control here“, commented Dobromir Zhivkov.
„The man „D“ rules the country „D“. In this political season, it seems that the backstage has finally ended. The metaphors materialized into reality and the person who was pointed out as the one pulling the strings of power came out and said very clearly that it was him“, commented journalist Stoyana Georgieva.
“Boiko Borisov can no longer distance himself from this style. He was trying to seem more sympathetic, more moderate, but at the moment he seems more pitiful. Thanks to the fact that he is infinitely dependent, this is possible“, is Georgieva's opinion.
“He is afraid to walk even 5 meters on the sidewalk. They park next to the door so that he can enter the National Assembly with just two steps“, he said.
“Borisov is a pitiful and already largely meaningless hero. The very next day, when he allowed himself to criticize Delyan Peevski, Peevski put him in his place. He ordered him to order the prime minister to solve the water crisis, and the prime minister the next day reported back with a letter to Delyan Peevski. This is humiliation on several levels,“ the journalist believes.
“These are two different leaders. Borisov speaks narratively, he is a centrist and leads the largest party, which has a 10% lead over all others. Peevski is asserting his leadership in the MRF. He speaks much more sharply. But for me, both of them still have many common goals,“ said political scientist Tsvetanka Andreeva.
“In front of the National Assembly, we saw an ugly, but expected scene. This was a reciprocal response to several years of progressive aggression on the part of the liberal community towards the figure of Delyan Peevski. They accustomed him to his own language field“, said Andreeva.
“Blocking his access to the National Assembly, he went and with their weapons held this debate. He was now defending not only his figure, but also the MRF. The strong political pressure received its response“, she commented.