I would run for the chairman of the BSP in order not to be “torpedoed&rdquo ; the fragile peace achieved on the left. This is what he said in the studio of “Offensive with Ljubo Ognyanov” on NOVA NEWS the chairman of “BSP-United Left” Atanas Zafirov.
He also commented on the meeting with the first political force. “ GERB-SDS has not raised the question of support for a general government. The most successful model would be an expert cabinet with clear political support. Borisov included us in his request for a coalition at a tense political moment, but our conditions were not met. There are no changes to our decisions. The thesis that the BSP cannot govern and always comes out of power with damages is a very ugly manipulation, emphasized the leader of the socialists.
In his words, the BSP would support a government under the hypothesis of a stable construction with matching priorities. “We have not held management negotiations with GERB, we only talked about policies. We met with empathy and understanding about the need to stop the liberalization of household electricity. We introduced the bill to postpone it for two years, we hope for support. We also discussed the development of nuclear energy, the renegotiation of the terms of the “Green Deal”, also Budget 2025 and the preservation of the social rights of Bulgarian citizens”, he also noted.
According to him, BSP has a highly antagonistic relationship with GERB, comparing their rivalry with that of CSKA and “Levski”. “The right is swarming and the left has shrunk, we are witnessing the decline of the political system. Populist currents also intervened actively in politics. We are witnessing party hardening, I see no prospect of thawing. We are categorically against Boyko Borisov being prime minister, the same applies to any purely party figure. We have not discussed with any party the position of the chairman of the National Assembly, nor our candidacy Assoc. Natalia Kiselova. The sanitary cordon is an election scenario that speaks to a certain type of electorate. Such screams are meant to serve certain interests. We would engage in a meaningful conversation, such as the one with PP-DB, whose package of anti-corruption legislative measures we agreed to. Their declaration is not up for discussion, he revealed.
Zafirov believes that the president should have the authority to form an official cabinet. “The paradigm is broken, democratic mutual control was well thought out in the Constitution. The official government format turned into a party government. We want to restore institutionality, the chairman of the BSP-United Left is emphatic.