Bulgaria has no prerequisites for ethnic tension after the split of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party. This is what Mustafa Emin, a historian and politician from “Yes, Bulgaria”, said on the air of Darik Radio.
In the words of Emin, who was an advisor to former Defense Minister Todor Tagarev, “tales” for ethnic tension are from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.
“Today we are part of the EU, of NATO. We have a generational change. There is no basis for ethnic opposition. There is a well-worn myth around which a certain political party tries to maintain the status quo. It is for her to be a balancer. The DPS cannot be a balancer in the parliament, that's why the gluttony of power on their part also broke, Emin believes.
“From now on, problems must be solved on the basis of the democratic models in which modern democracy functions. A new electoral balance is required. What is happening gives opportunities in Bulgaria to replace the ethnic model with an equal democratic model, said Mustafa Emin.
According to him, the understanding of DPS voters as a monolithic mass of people is a thesis that has been imposed for 34 years and it serves Ahmed Dogan's party.
“For the Pomaks in the area of the Mesta River and the Turks, political realization outside the established status quo is almost impossible. The DPS voters are not a monolithic mass of people who will uncomplainingly consume everything handed down to them from top to bottom. The community is very disturbed by what is happening, because the decision of who will win in the conflict between Jevdet Chakarov and Delyan Peevski will not be made by the people”, said the historian.
On the occasion of the fact that the honorary chairman of the DPS has not given interviews to the media for years, the historian said that politics cannot be conducted with participation from a distance and through appointed persons.
„It is neither liberal nor corresponds to the principles of modern politics”, Emin believes.
“In Ribnovo, we are about to switch to a drinking water regime, because the local authorities cannot solve people's problems due to lack of funds”, added Mustafa Emin.
“It is not impossible to form a government, but it will be difficult”, he declared.
The one who makes decisions from DPS should come forward. The executive power is political, it should be with political figures, Mustafa Emin also said.
According to him, the way to break the DPS management model is through the decentralization of power through the development of strong democratically elected local structures, whose voice can be heard in the central offices of the political parties.