Probably the conflict between Ahmed Dogan and Delyan Peevski it will be very hard and cruel. One will have to leave the stage after a while. Dogan has an advantage at the grassroots level. Peevski's strength is money, because he finds money, especially during elections and in the paid apparatus - those who are on salary in the DPS.
This is how the expert on ethnic issues Assoc. Mihail Ivanov commented on "Darik" the tension in the DPS.
„It is very important that active supporters of DPS have a sense of community.
In fact, what Peevski is now up against is this community. From the very beginning, and here Dogan really did not intervene, the DPS was a community and all these years this is its strength, it owes its presence in the parliament to this. When these members of societies feel that there is a sole chief over their head, then he detaches himself from them and has no base.
He may indeed have money and hold the device, but that is not enough for him. In a more distant perspective, I think that Peevski will not succeed. He does not enjoy international authority, and being on the “Magnitsky” list will weigh on him,” predicted Assoc. Ivanov.
„Peevski's strength is money, because he finds money, especially during elections and in the paid apparatus - those who are on salary in the DPS”, the expert also commented, stressing that Peevski also keeps in his pocket third trump – his strong ties to the security services and judiciary.
„The Central Operations Bureau has not met since January and used to meet weekly. The Central Council also did not meet.
Their headquarters is closed for repairs.
A basic requirement is that when one chairman does something, he calls the other chairman and he does it. The first step is to get DPS back to normal. And the second step is to look for the strength of the community,“, said Assoc. Ivanov.
He also stated that probably the expected position of Dogan, the honorary chairman of the DPS, will be to restore the life of the collective bodies, despite the fact that they are largely in the hands of Peevski.