We expect a certain retreat from the DPS in its various formats in which it will appear in the elections, said the sociologist Boryana Dimitrova from “Alpha Research“ on the air of bTV, quoted by novini.bg.
She specified that before it is known the final form in which the wings of the party around Delyan Peevski and Ahmed Dogan will appear in the elections, there is no way to conduct an electoral support survey. Note, however, that in some places people are commenting on the problems in the party.
Dimitrova stressed that it matters who will appear with the name DPS, as it has a symbolic meaning – it has been used for so many years, and the party, together with the BSP, is the only one present in the Bulgarian parliament since the beginning of the transition. For now, this dispute is won by Delyan Peevski after today's decision of the Supreme Administrative Court to admit the coalition with the participation of the DPS to the elections, despite the CEC's decision to the contrary.
Dimitrova expects that in addition to the authentic vote for DPS, there will also be a forced as well as an institutional vote, which will be an important factor in the election results.
On the occasion of Boyko Borisov's proposal to find out in advance who would ally with whom after the elections and to make a “gentleman's agreement”, Dimitrova said that Borisov felt the serious problem before GERB – to win elections but not get support in parliament for a government. According to her, this is also felt by the voters. According to her, however, there should be proposals from the other parties as well.