Andrey Gyurov's response is good news. This opinion was expressed by Petar Kurumbashev in the program "Face to Face" on bTV, quoted by novini.bg.
"After the amendments to the Constitution, the head of state was placed in the role of a notary who must legalize what the prime minister, who was formally elected by him, wants. When 9 people tell him "no", the last one says "yes", he does not have much choice. This now gives Ms. Yotova great freedom. She has at least one candidate who said yes," he added.
Andrei Gyurov cannot be counted in the group of clientele that the others are in. I hope that he can contribute to preventing "Pazardzhik" type elections, Kurumbashev also said.
If Gyurov is prime minister and there is a will on the part of the interior minister, many unpleasant phenomena can be prevented, sociologist Parvan Simeonov believes. "But one interior minister is not enough. There is no collaboration on the part of the prosecutor's office and the court, there is no possibility of local changes in the police. And it turns out that you both bear the responsibility and cannot influence fair elections," he also pointed out.
"The Ministry of Interior played a humiliating role in the last elections that were held. In previous elections, I had the impression that the Ministry of Interior was kindly invited not to be present at certain places. In the last one or two elections, law enforcement officers escorted those who had to commit these outrages, just for the sake of image, to demonstrate that the authorities tolerate elections being held in this way," added Petar Kurumbashev.
Parvan Simeonov presented the results of an unpublished survey. According to him, 16% of those surveyed expect free and fair elections, compared to 69% who are of the opposite opinion. "This is scandalous. We have lost the elections in our country," he noted.
When asked whether Rumen Radev's participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections would increase voter turnout, Parvan Simeonov commented: "So far, voter turnout has increased when there is something new on the ground. Secondly, there is a very large niche in the Bulgarian political geography that is unfilled. The BSP, after years of decline, has left a niche for more conservative, older people. Thirdly - the protests, the young people, the effort of the PP-DB. We have every reason to expect higher voter turnout".