After the resignation of the “Zhelyazkov” cabinet, the political situation is becoming increasingly dynamic and tense. Consultations with President Rumen Radev have strengthened doubts that a new cabinet can be formed within the new 51st National Assembly, and a few hours ago the executive bureau of the BSP resigned.
According to the former caretaker prime minister and leader of the “Bulgarian Rise” Stefan Yanev what is happening in the individual parties is secondary, and the consultations with the president are a “routine process“ that will not change the emerging perspective – elections. The more important question, he emphasized in the program “The Day Live” on NovaNews, is how the current political situation came about and why the parliament has been exhausted again so quickly.
Yanev believes that the real reason for people taking to the squares was not clearly stated. “Nobody realizes what the main force is that brought people to the streets – this is the crisis of confidence”, said the leader of “Bulgarian Rise” and expressed certainty that this potential for protest will not disappear.
The basis of the crisis, according to him, is the feeling of citizens that they are not represented and that the state “is concerned with itself“, making decisions in a narrow circle and in someone else's interest. It is this alienation that gives rise to apathy and anger, not specific party configurations.
When asked whether he sees an alternative in President Rumen Radev, Yanev was categorical: “No“. According to him, the debate about new faces is misleading. “The problem is the change of the model, not the change of the faces“, he emphasized, adding that even new political figures would become part of the status quo if the model of functioning of the state remains the same.
As a first step towards change, Yanev pointed to fair elections, but made an important clarification – The debate "with machines or without machines" does not solve the problem. "With machines or without, this will not change anything in the transparency of the electoral process," he said. According to him, the key is in the overall organization, accountability and active participation of citizens, who must recognize the elections as a way to regain trust in institutions.