In recent years, according to the data provided to us, Assen Vassilev has indeed resembled a well-prepared assassin who liked to blow up budget after budget. This was said by the MP from "There is such a people" Stanislav Balabanov in the studio of "Hello, Bulgaria".
In his words, it is Vassilev who should take responsibility for the state of the budget "because of what has been allowed over the years". "We had two scenarios - moderately conservative and ambitious. At the moment, the second is much riskier. I personally would choose the first, we must be brutally honest with the public. We agreed with Temenuzhka Petkova's option, which assured us that she could handle this three percent deficit," Balabanov added.
According to him, it was ITN's idea to eliminate the differentiated VAT for restaurateurs. "COVID has long passed and it is not logical for the rate to be 9%, there should be a supplement of several hundred million from it in the budget. The goal is that the framework of the budget submitted at first reading should not be changed at second reading," the MP commented.