Rumen Radev has submitted his resignation as president to the Constitutional Court. It remains to be seen how long it will take the magistrates to decide whether to remove him from office.
"Parallels with the Tsar are not very apt, because the times are radically different, we are about to see President Radev on the political scene. What will be the main political messages that he will stand behind, respectively his political project, because the request for a radical change to the current governance model, I suppose, affects all major sectors of public life. But what are the ways to achieve this change and in the name of what is it - this question naturally goes with another question, namely what is the personnel potential that will be advertised and who will stand behind the implementation of these political priorities", said former Deputy Prime Minister Prof. Plamen Panayotov in the studio of "Denyat ON AIR".
He expects "many people" to be engaged in Radev's political project.
"This is not just about the candidates for MPs. It is also about commitment in local government, it is about commitments in the executive branch, if you are involved in the governance of the country. So this is a huge commitment and challenge. It makes sense if the new political project focuses on one of its main goals - the fight against corruption in both the public and private sectors," added Prof. Panayotov on the air of Bulgaria ON AIR.
According to him, corruption in the public sector calls into question the normal functioning of the main state institutions.
"This takes away the trust of a large part of Bulgarian citizens in them. They begin to treat the state not as something that helps realize the interests of Bulgarian citizens, but as something that prevents them from realizing their interests. The lack of trust in institutions also makes representative democracy meaningless. This calls into question the functioning of the rule of law," emphasized the former Deputy Prime Minister. According to the guest, corruption in the private sector calls into question the lack of real competition.
"We are fighting for a market economy. Without real competition, such an economy can hardly prosper. "And if there is no competition, it means that the citizens' right to free economic initiative is severely limited. In this sense, it turns out that their sense of justice is greatly impaired," he is categorical.