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Plevneliev: Radev has a plan for power, all kinds of DS agents and many oligarchs are behind him

Bulgarian politics was poisoned by populism for 4 years, the former head of state said

Nov 24, 2024 21:33 46

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The highest institution of the planet – The UN Security Council, 4 times over the years, united around declarations on the case with Nagorno-Karabakh, which very clearly stated that Armenia is an aggressor, it has illegally occupied Nagorno-Karabakh. The world believes that peace is possible only when there is sovereignty on the borders of sovereign countries and it is not violated, and when of course the big countries do not play with these principles of world order.

I was sincerely glad and will be even more glad that, beyond the propaganda of one or another country, of one or another community, Azerbaijan and Armenia today are very close to signing a peace agreement.

This is what he said in the program "Metronome" on Radio "Focus" the president in the period 2012-2017 Rosen Plevnelievon the occasion of the publications that his speech at the 8th Global Baku Forum "The world after COVID-19“ contradicts the interests of the foreign policy of Bulgaria and the European Union.

President Plevneliev shared that he was invited by the UN Secretary General and the President of Azerbaijan to be a member of the International Advisory Council of the Presidency of Azerbaijan at COP 29 – the most important conference on the planet to achieve a global consensus on climate change.

"I was with these 20 people, along with Nobel laureates, along with former presidents, I had the honor of being part of this advisory board. I consider it a credit that I participated as head of state in 2015 in the last two consensuses reached on the planet by all UN member states on principles of the future – in the so-called Sustainable Development Goals until 2030, and in the Paris Climate Agreement. And although at a time when geopolitics is everything today, we sought and found agreements on certain issues that are important for the future of the planet,” he said and boasted that once again at the invitation of the Secretary General of the United Nations he is going to Portugal, where the so-called Congress of the Future will be held, where once again leaders from all over the world will gather to find a common path for the future.

For 4 years, Bulgarian politics was poisoned by populism, and populism is a symbol of everything else, but it is not sustainability, he also said on the occasion of the blocking of the parliament from electing its president and unblocking the possibility of creating a government. "Bulgaria was poisoned by populism and fell into the timelessness of populism. If this populist approach is changed to a democratic one, then there will be a solution,” he is categorical, giving an example of the loss of money from the Recovery and Sustainability Plan due to the non-acceptance of the remaining 3 reforms in the Bulgarian legislation – this is the price of populism.

According to him, in the next elections, Bulgaria will really be on the verge of being completely poisoned by populism. "In order to get out, there are two options: either more populism, because in principle populism breeds more populism, or in the next elections the Bulgarians will feel and understand that all these populists do not provide a solution and support systemic parties that come together, look for common ground, return to the principles of the democratic state and make a government that will take us out of the swamp of populism.“

According to him, the government should have a horizon of at least 2 years and have 4 clear priorities: "A government with a very clear action plan for the Eurozone – if we don't get in now, nobody will get in. The second priority should be reforms: urgent, urgent, including the Electoral Code, including judicial reform, including educational reform, including in energy, which is about to collapse. The third big thing should be the modernization of the country through the Recovery Plan, through European funds. And the fourth priority should be a socially responsible, not an oligarchic economy.“

Rosen Plevneliev is convinced that President Radev wants power because he believes that he must change something in Bulgaria. "President Radev has a plan and the people behind him are all kinds of agents of the DS, there are already many oligarchs behind him. In my opinion, President Radev will by no means wait until 2027 to form a party, but the model is different – not his party, but many parties to recognize him as a unifier,” he also pointed out.

On the occasion of the construction of a technology park in Lozen and his mediation participation in the process, Rosen Plevneliev shared that he is proud that the first technology park in Bulgaria was his work, as well as the first residential complex of a new type of closed complex in Bulgaria. "And now I am glad that Bulgaria's first private technology park will be part of a vision in which I have contributed both as a person, as a minister, and as president. This is the vision that Bulgaria is standing on the path of innovation, Bulgaria is trying to realize the ideas of young people in Bulgaria by putting world-proven investors, development funds, startup funds, capital raising funds on the path of their ideas, so that young people can realize their ideas.“