Delyan Peevski is the personification of what is new in DPS and his way of thinking, of such a young businessman, is that he does not tolerate the local derbies, as they were called.
This is what Prof. Marin Rusev, professor of political geography at SU "St. Kliment Ohridski", author of the book "Electoral Geography of Bulgaria".
"There are elements of bravado. There is no small, medium or large businessman in Bulgaria who gravitates towards the ethnic and religious characteristics of the DPS, who does not pay tax to the DPS. Although not officially. This made the DPS strength in the second years. Their first years were about projects, reorganization, attempts to influence, placing leaders in places that were growing before our eyes.
According to him, Ahmed Dogan "is starting to make mistakes out of political distraction, perhaps because of his too long experience and his age".
"The appearance of the young has become a reason to protest against the old, especially those who have been standing in one place for decades. ... Peevski wants a different type of behavior of the business elite in the DPS - those who invest and not collect taxes," comments Prof. Rusev.
He predicts a very strong pushback against this, because "such a sudden change and such a quick replacement of former leaders with new ones can lead to upheavals that split the DPS in regions and in the country as well.
In the words of Prof. Marin Rusev, the expected statement of the honorary chairman of the DPS Ahmed Dogan will have a healing effect for the party, but in the sense of healing by returning the old.
DPS will play the role of a savior for the country, but it can be seen that it has no one with it for the second term, and then "it will make very smart moves so that a cabinet does not happen with the third term" ;, he thinks.