Resigned Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and US President Donald Trump signed a document in Davos, with which Bulgaria joins the Gaza Peace Council.
Municipal councilor from GERB-SDF Anton Hekimyan defined the latest political events as a serious success for the country and stated in the program "Denyat ON AIR" that Bulgaria is no longer on the periphery of international processes, but is an active participant in them.
"We are currently at the table where decisions will be made. "Everything that happened today is another success for Bulgaria," said the municipal councilor from GERB-SDF.
According to him, the problem is often not in external factors, but in the internal attitude and the tendency to devalue what has been achieved.
"We ourselves are the ones who are discrediting everything that is happening," Hekimyan commented to Bulgaria ON AIR.
Ratification is coming in the National Assembly
He emphasized that our country will not be just an executor of foreign decisions, but will have a real voice in the process.
"We will not be those on the periphery who simply implement decisions, but will participate in making these decisions," said the municipal councilor.
Hekimyan reminded that the next mandatory step is ratification by the National Assembly (NA), which is provided for in the law.
"Ratification is coming and this is what must happen by law. The National Assembly must ratify this union", said Hekimyan.
The garbage crisis
The second major topic in Hekimyan's speech was the governance of Sofia and the garbage crisis. According to him, Mayor Vasil Terziev has turned the garbage problem into a symbol of his mandate.
"The word with which Terziev will be remembered is "garbage". His competitive word is "crisis", said the municipal councilor.
According to Hekimyan, the crisis did not occur by chance, but was predictable, since the mayor was aware of the terms of the contracts with the cleaning companies.
"Terziev knows very well when the contracts with the companies that clean the city expire", he commented.
Accusations of opacity and fabricated crisis
Hekimyan questioned the way in which decisions related to waste management were made and accused the mayor of a lack of transparency.
"The garbage crisis seems to have been fabricated by Terziev," Hekimyan said.
According to him, additional payments were made without actually solving the problem, and citizens were underestimated.
"He paid the mafia for another six months so that two-thirds of Sofia could be managed by these same companies. He underestimates Sofia residents", said the municipal councilor.
Public procurement and spending of public funds
Hekimyan emphasized that many of the public procurements are subject to litigation and there is a lack of clarity about how the prices were negotiated.
"Our money is being spent without a clear plan", he said.
According to him, the municipal councilors were not included in the negotiations, and the public did not receive answers about where and how the talks were held.
"He did not invite municipal councilors to talk to him, we did not understand where he negotiated and how they agreed on the prices. "This is not the right way to run the city," commented Hekimian.