The resignation of the government was a surprise, but so was the development of events in recent days, rather because of the scale of the civil protests against the government. The gradation of tension has reached its logical conclusion. I do not think that the government and the ruling majority would have withstood the pressure if it had continued. He said this in the program "Bulgaria, Europe and the World in Focus" on Radio "Focus" sociologist Yuri Aslanov.
"The protest demands that politicians take responsibility, that the government resign and that there be fair elections that will elect politicians who are more responsible than the current ones, who will stop stealing and be more sensitive to the hardships and suffering of the people.“
According to him, another early parliamentary election is becoming increasingly likely, with their outcome being difficult to predict due to the many unknown factors, such as whether there will be new players on the political scene and, above all, whether President Radev's long-awaited political project will take place. The international political situation also has a great influence on Bulgaria, and not only that, and it is not known what may happen in the coming months. As a third factor, the unknown consequences of which in social and economic terms may have a strong impact on the political situation in our country, the political scientist identified the introduction of the euro in our country. "Therefore, it is not ruled out that at some point, after the New Year, we will witness new outbreaks of mass discontent and new protests. But for the moment, the tension has been suppressed by the act of surrendering to the resignation," as according to the political scientist, Zhelyazkov is resigning from the government not only under pressure from the street, but also due to the fact that Borisov is not particularly comfortable"sticking to Peevski", who has become the most hated person in the country in recent days. "Whether this time his tactical maneuver will be successful or not is also unknown".
If President Radev's project appears on the parliamentary-political terrain, it will significantly shift the balance of power and will radically affect the outcome of the possible elections, Aslanov also pointed out. "If the president does not do it personally, however, but again recognizes as his project some political entity, headed not by him, I do not expect miracles in the representatives of this project. It is clear that people want to see him personally," the guest explained and added that the BSP will be in the most disadvantageous position from the emergence of such a political project and in the event of possible early elections it will not be represented in the next parliament. "This also applies to "There are such people" by Slavi Trifonov because they participated in this cabinet hated by the people and in this unpopular ruling majority."
It is possible that there will be some benefits for the PP-DB, who partly led this protest, but "it is as if the street did not recognize them as its favorites," Aslanov added. "It would be difficult to label them as an alternative, because they are not a new political force, as they were in 2020, when they appeared after the protests then. They are well known, and besides, there is suspicion that they will not do anything independently, they will again do some "assembly". If this happens, it will be the end of the political career of this political entity, because they will not be forgiven.“