"For better or for worse the election catalyzed processes within the DPS that will surely leave the party in a much worse state than we are used to seeing it. Besides, it is important for Dogan to show that he could handle such a situation and keep the DPS label, name, brand. For the other side, this is much more urgent, since without the name DPS in the remaining month, I would be very surprised that any coalition with any financial and organizational resources around Delyan Peevski could get political representation, which to be meaningful, to have an impact and to be able to preserve its leader Peevski, which is the final goal. The other side is in a much easier situation – she doesn't need the DPS label so much, she needs a poster with Dogan's face on it.
This is what the political scientist Hristo Panchugov told the BNR.
In the show "Above all" the political scientist expressed the opinion that this situation is an attempt to dismantle the "Peevski" model. He reminded that this started as early as 2014. 10 years later, we continue to be unable to get out of such institutional relations and ultimately dismantle this model as a society and political system, Panchugov noted.
According to him, the most important issue is to get to the causes of the conflict that we are currently observing. He does not think they are political or representational, but corporate. We are observing the division of some corporate assets, the political scientist explained.
Hristo Panchugov also commented on the case with BSP. According to him, the CEC has no grounds to accept the party's registration with a power of attorney issued by a person who does not represent the party.
"Obviously, because of this catalyst, the court will be forced much sooner, otherwise it would probably take much longer, to rule on whether the decision to exclude Delyan Peevski is legitimate in relation to the party's statutes and, ultimately, who he represents real DPS. Whether that will happen in time for us to see DPS party registration in this election, at this point there doesn't seem to be enough data to tell.
According to him, the battle will not end either with the decision of the Supreme Court or with the decision to reject or register DPS by the CEC. He is not sure if the SAC's decision would come before the registration deadline. We'll end up seeing a procedural showdown between the two representatives at that point, he predicted.
Will the new chairman of the BSP manage to register a coalition with the participation of the BSP inside – We'll see, he said, and assumed he would succeed. "We've had a lot of surprises these days, so I'm not presuming anything definitive.
In his words, the more important conversation related to BSP is electoral. He is not optimistic about a better election result of the new left alliance. And about him Panchugov said: "This does not unite voters, does not expand support. It expands the people who enter the lists".
"I am afraid that Cornelia Ninova and the BSP itself have done everything possible to limit their support to a specific group of voters in Bulgaria. I doubt this is expandable. No matter how big a coalition we see around the BSP, it is very far from creating the feeling that something new, strong, modern, left is happening.
In his words, until the elections, the BSP cannot develop a new narrative that looks more authentic and to some extent more modern. In this sense, rapprochement or not with the president at this moment does not bring anything to the BSP, the political scientist believes.
However, according to him, after these elections, everything possible will be done to form a government and preserve some relative stability.