There is no simple answer to what may appear on the political scene. But whatever appears, the audience's attitude towards it will be voyeuristic. And this will not be just a fantasy, but a feeling that citizens have very little control over what is happening in politics. And their main experiences are related to disgust, disgust and dislike. And this is in no way good for democracy. He stated this in the studio of “Offensive with Lyubo Ognyanov” social anthropologist Haralan Alexandrov, commenting on the question of what Bulgarians can expect from politics in view of the upcoming elections, quoted by novini.bg.
Regarding the current passions of the BSP, which is holding a congress and electing a new leader after being in power for almost a year, he pointed out that their participation in the government “should be a great success for them“.
“What I see, however, is that this crisis, as often happens with this party, is being used as an occasion for internal political infighting. So far, this is happening relatively elegantly and according to the rules. Zafirov has resigned, for which he should be congratulated. This is a worthy position. It remains to be seen what the new leadership will be like,“,”, the social anthropologist pointed out.
According to him, the question is whether this new leadership of the BSP will be able to mobilize and consolidate the party sufficiently to enter parliament.
”Will they be introduced, or, so to speak, will they joyfully flow into Radev's new fantastic project. I call it ”fantastic not to devalue it, but because at the moment it inhabits and resides in the field of fantasies. We know very little about him and in this sense we are invited to fantasize“, explained Alexandrov.
According to him, Rumen Radev himself, in his capacity as president, behaved as a party leader and was repeatedly criticized for this.
“But now, in his capacity as party leader, he seems to behave more moderately and more balanced. I do not undertake to join the group of oracles and predict what the “silent god“ has in mind. "I think the strategy is not to radicalize the speech, but to maintain a slightly more moderate tone in this anxious and uncertain environment," the social anthropologist pointed out.
And he added: „If you overly alarm a community in all its manifestations, you risk scaring and repelling it through too radical responses. In this sense, I see logic in the more moderate, more reassuring and more restrained messages that are being sent to the potential electorate“.
Alexandrov expressed hope that “after Easter there will be some form of humility and a return to normality“, in view of the fact that the early parliamentary elections will be held after the Holy Holiday.
“We can also call it “the resurrection of normality“, since it is currently seriously threatened. The need to punish, to crucify, to slander and to devalue is extremely strong. This is one of the significant trends in political life. The interesting thing is that most politicians do not realize that part of the nature of their job is to accept negative projections, i.e. to be hated, and that they must be prepared for this“, he commented.