Speech of Rumen Ovcharov at the meeting of the National Assembly of the BSP
Why wrong? Because the transition had to be manageable, organized. The new leader had to be supported by the whole party and unite it. With the impulse of his election, let's start the election campaign and the consolidation of the BSP, the left, of all those who think about Bulgaria and its future.
And what happened?
You preferred redundant and harmful internally – party coup, satisfying your personal ambitions, you served the oligarchic interests and your new mentors and started a real essential division in the BSP – between bought clientelism and honest voters who believe in ideas and causes.
Do you actually understand what you have put together – the clientele inside and around BSP – the clientele of Boyko Borisov, the clientele of Delyan Peevski and two generations of Rumen Radev's clientele.
Do you understand what you passed? You conveyed the vision of the BSP as the last normal political party, fighting against corruption, behind the scenes, the Borisov model, a party with morals and values, with history, a party that protects the national interests of Bulgaria and does not mindlessly repeat the clichés of the Brussels parrots. The backstage, the parallel state sit in this hall.
You are breaking up with the last voters who until now saw in the BSP the party with morals, with dignity, the special party, the party with a backbone, which went through persecutions, shootings, bans, always stood by the poor, the disadvantaged, the needy.
This division cannot be bridged by the imitation of a new, left, uniquely large, huge, first-time unification. What is new about this union - Nasco, what is different? What are the new ideas you will rally around?
Who are you teaming up with? With Maya and Sasho? I said it 20 years ago – in the BSP, the old traitors become new faces after 3-4 years! Left voters have given you an answer whether the old traitors accept them as new faces. Check out their results! If you add 5 or 20 zeros to political zeros, the result is 0. You are currently destroying the only digit other than “zero” – BSP and its still loyal voters.
I'm not against bringing in new/old voices, every voice counts. The problem is not in the formal unification of electoral zeros, but in the return of disillusioned leftist and patriotic voters. This is not visible.
You simply fell into the trap of the most vicious and revengeful part of the internal party opposition - K. Ninova is to blame for everything. Hate is not a policy, it is evidence of a lack of one. See how stupid it is – K. Ninova is bad, but like parrots you repeat the policies formed under her by all of us. Wasn't it fairer to admit it and move forward together?
I could go on and on, but the truth is that you staged an absolutely unnecessary coup, the fruit of your fears and complexes, but at the same time showing whose motives for revenge and revenge you serve. And the insane unconstitutional decisions of the Military Police, clearly showing which oligarchs point your direction and whom you serve in St. Municipal council. If you, Mr. Gutsanov and Mr. Zafirov do not know who T. Modev is, have you, Christian, forgotten who he is?
With whom did you replace V. Terziyski in “Toplofikatsia Sofia”, the only one who knows what and how it should be done, proposed by us? Or does it not matter? The important thing is that Orlin has unimpeded control of BGN 450 million. public procurement! Who did you replace our people with, Ivan, or cash the replacement in some other way?
Also, your unconstitutional choice of I.D. Chairman of the BSP, without having ascertained the chairman's resignation, which is what you are now complaining about so much.
I will not go into details, but to summarize: With your stupid coup, you destroyed the chance for change in the BSP, for K. Ninova's resignation to give new impetus, new hope for the leftist voter. With the people you embraced to make the coup, you torpedoed the faith of the last voters faithful to the socialist idea, who believed that the BSP is still a Party not subject to the backstage, the parallel state, the oligarchy, fighting and defending their and the national interests, not the interests of their successive mentors.
For the first time since 2013, when S. Stanishev handed over the entire party to Delyan, Dogan and Tsvetan, you are creating a real, principled, not personal division in the BSP – between ideas and interests, between clientelism, serving its personal interests, the interests of oligarchs and political mentors, and the honest and worthy supporters of the left idea, BSP voters. You have put the BSP in a dead end. I said it 3 years ago to K. Ninova, I say it to you too. With you at the head, the BSP will not get a better result in the elections.
Why right – Cornelia Ninova should have left 3 years ago. It allowed the BSP to be stripped of its main political asset – the position of the only opposition and alternative, to be included in the so-called status quo together with GERB and DPS.
This, of course, happened with the active lies and slander of the entire internal party opposition, as well as the external party. an opposition with which you now unite with the at first covert and then overt intervention of your new mentor – Rumen Radev.
Should I remind you of the lies of Elena Yoncheva, Stanislav Vladimirov, Petar Vitanov, Vesela Lecheva and others, repeatedly repeated before every election, how the BSP has already agreed with GERB and DPS, even ministers announced, but what about the direct lie of R. Radev about weapons for Ukraine, repeated many times in this hall by supposedly our comrades. All of them did not realize that by slandering and compromising K. Ninova, they were compromising the BSP party.
BSP was brought into the status quo, was equated with other political parties – they say one thing, do another, servitude without a thought for the national interest, without morality, without dignity. All these heroes never realized that they were compromising not K. Ninova, but the BSP, the idea of the real opposition, the fighter against the parallel state and the GERB model.
K. Ninova as the leader of the BSP was used, worn out and it was clear that with her at the helm, the BSP would not have a better result. I said it 3 years ago and 5 consecutive picks proved it. K.Ninova also has her role and blame – endless wars and fronts, and mainly against the enemy with a party ticket, inconsistency with other people's opinion, creating new and new enemies, inconsistent and wrong political actions.
If we want BSP to have it, we must act now:
Ending the intra-party carnage. The intra-coalition has not yet started – she will begin by stacking the sheets. I hear about the expulsion of K. Ninova and other comrades. Don't think about it! You make her a victim, just as Peevski's brutal stupidity makes Dogan likable! In fact, what is our position on this matter? It is not only a matter of DPS, it is of all of us! Bulgaria is next after DPS! Peevski destroyed everything he touched. Why are you silent?! That's how you kept silent about Kalin Stoyanov! Didn't know who it serves? Ask Stefan Burjev, he will tell you who they voted for in Bukovlak.
Convening a quick congress and choosing a temporary leadership from people without personnel ambitions, with authority, experience and knowledge of the party in order to stabilize the BSP.
Preparation and conduct of the elections with a clear awareness that new people with experience, knowledge and qualifications are needed – not just young matchmakers and careerists.
a joke about Chapaev
A full cycle of reports and elections and election of a new chairman of the BSP, with maximum consolidation of the party, the left and all those who really want change in Bulgaria.
Politics is a dirty word, but people don't want to be constantly lied to, promised one thing and do another. That's why they don't vote! They will vote when they believe! Rebuilding trust is crucial! Betrayal, treason, servitude do not restore trust! On the contrary, they destroy it!
The BSP is about to come to an end. The dilemma is: Another client party, counter party, for sale, serving three, soon to be two, and then one master.
Or the different party, banned, crushed, but found the strength to stand up and defend its ideas, its voters, its history and its country!
Yes, in the world of mass lies it is difficult to speak the truth! Yes, in the world where everything is sold and bought, it is difficult to defend ideas! The BSP has also done it in much more difficult times. If we don't do it now, others will, but the left socialist idea will live!