BSP will appear in the early parliamentary elections in a coalition with 15 other left parties. This was decided by the party's plenum, which mandated the acting chairman of the BSP, Atanas Zafirov, to sign the coalition agreement.
The acting chairman of the "BSP for Bulgaria" Atanas Zafirov said that the name of the coalition will still be considered. And the campaign messages. 15 parties have declared their readiness to join, and according to Zafirov, they may reach 20, BNR specifies.
"We consider these to be real political entities with proven weight in Bulgarian politics".
The plenum decided that Zafirov should sign the future coalition agreement. In the party, the nomination meetings of the municipal conferences must be completed by September 6. And by September 8, the regional councils of the party must submit the draft lists. It was also decided to review the punishments in the party and their partial cancellation:
"We are consistently bringing back the collective spirit and the collective method of action in our party," Zafirov explained.
The BSP said that Petar Vitanov and 14 other socialists had already been returned to the party. 18 months ago, they were removed because of criticism of the management of Cornelia Ninova.
During the day, those close to Ninova, Georgi Svilenski and Ivan Chenchev, doubted the legitimacy of the plenum. Zafirov did not like the statements and announced that the BSP will impose measures for party influence and punishments according to the statute. But everything will be considered case by case:
" Mrs. Ninova, I do not have the information to remain in the party. You should address this question to her. With some of its actions, it goes against the decisions of the collective bodies and creates grounds for different interpretations. I have said it many times, some of these actions take the form of open sabotage. Today's behavior of some of the people who define themselves and loved ones around Mrs. Ninova shows exactly such behavior, including those lies that were told about - about the lack of quorum, about presence, absence. This clearly shows the mentality and also the goals of this type of talk.