< strong>With a red rose in hand and to the sounds of emblematic music, 28 candidates for people's representatives from the list with ballot No. 28 passed through the center of Burgas to give the start of the election campaign coalition "BSP" together with dozens of supporters. UNITED LEFT“ for Second Constituency.
Low temperatures and wind did not prevent dozens of socialists from gathering around the stage in the heart of Burgas, where they presented the full and strong list, which includes the names of prominent public and political figures, experts and active young people.
Under the motto “It is time for decisions”, a definite request for a successful result for the Bulgarian citizens and an attitude for a positive and intelligent campaign, the leader of the lists, engineer Petar Kanev and the chairman of the Coalition “BSP – United Left“ delivered a civic engagement message on October 27.
„It is time for hard decisions. There are no leaders. Hopefully they will appear and hopefully we will make the right decisions so that Bulgaria can finally go on its way. I notice on my travels abroad that they don't take us seriously anymore. In three years seven times elections, provokes irony. The platform we adopted "the 100 solutions“ is good and reasonable. Most of them are feasible, but only if we can finally form a government. Our team in the Burgas region is very strong. There is no simple party quota filling. Each one of these people has earned his place in life and the respect of his colleagues, said Eng. Kanev, who in the last decade has not only been a strong political figure in our country and around the world, but is also among the personalities who have contributed the most foreign investments in Bulgaria. He is the vice-president of PACHIS and the first vice-president of the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation.
The chairman of “BSP – United Left“ - Atanas Zafirov did not miss the opening of the campaign in his city – Burgas. One of the most active people's representatives, who participated in eight National Assemblies, drew attention to the negative consequences of low voter turnout.
„I was a People's Representative in the 42nd, 43rd, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th NAs – I thought, I've become a parliamentary dinosaur, it's time to finish. But these eight oaths equal five years of parliamentary service. This is unfortunately a terrible but real picture of the severe political crisis in which our country finds itself. Therefore, our first appeal is – vote! Low voter turnout, distaste for politics brings assemblies to power or brings people to the squares. Our main political opponent is GERB, the GERB model, but our enemy is the reluctance to vote. Therefore, we appeal to vote. You vote wisely for people who have proven that they can not only speak well, but also deliver on their promises.
He pointed out that the opening of the campaign in Burgas combines another mission - to thank all coalition partners and all parties that joined the unprecedented unification. “Thank you also for overcoming the party ego and making this unification possible and real. For the first time in Bulgarian politics, the conversation on the creation of the union was conducted on principles, on policies, and not on arranging lists, posts, places. We come out motivated and united, with self-confidence and enthusiasm before the voters. As acting chairman of the BSP, I want to support my colleagues in this extremely strong list.
It is very well structured and balanced – a combination of experience and continuity, youthful spirit and enthusiasm. And the fact that it is led by one of the most active and I would say the most convertible politicians of the left shows an attitude towards Burgas not just as a tourist center. And as a business, economic and cultural center. I am here in another capacity, perhaps the most important. I'm excited because I'm here and as a Burgazlia – a person who was born and raised here, a person who sees familiar faces, people with whom we have worked and lived for many years. "My heart will always be in Burgas and this region," Atanas Zafirov said.
And for the last, 50th parliament and its work, he uses a biblical reference: “Totally in the context of the general collapse of statehood. This Parliament was conceived in sin, born in sin. I live without a path and aimlessly, and I was remembered shamefully because the former Ortacs in the assembly lied to each other for two months and finally, on the last day of this parliament, they accepted that they embraced each other in order to destroy the Bulgarian energy industry and leave tens of thousands of people and families on the street. . According to the chairman of the BSP – United Left“ among the main elements that make a campaign successful are a good program, strong candidates.
We have both. Our program, “One Hundred Solutions for Bulgaria” it has everything needed for a different Bulgaria. For a left Bulgaria. Another important condition for a successful campaign is having the right candidates – the people who can make this wonderful program work. Not just a working legislative, but also administrative – why not. It is high time for the Bulgarian left to enter the government of the country. It is high time to show that there can be a different type of government in our Motherland. Everyone from our list is worthy of being a representative of the people. It is a pride for me to be among them tonight”, the chairman of the “BSP UNITED LEFT” also said. in front of the crowd gathered in his city of Burgas.