I would like to congratulate Ms. Kiselova for her principled position and for recognizing the position of our leader, Mr. Boyko Borisov. This is the only correct, constitutional, lawful and, above all, nationally responsible position. This was stated by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from GERB, Raya Nazaryan, in the program “Face to Face” on BTV.
The motives do not contain either legal or economic arguments, and in essence they represent a transcript of the President’s extraordinary address. I believe that we should remind that Bulgaria is a state governed by the rule of law. The state governed by the rule of law is not a slogan, but a system of principles, one of which is precisely the rule of law. The president himself has called for this principle in his speeches, has used it to criticize, and at the same time, the one who calls for it does not set an example in its implementation. For me, this is an unprincipled position, she emphasized.
The president has spoken out on the topic of the “referendum” more than once. He himself is not sincere in his motives – only two months ago he stated a fundamentally different position, namely that such a proposal would be unconstitutional, said the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from GERB.
The texts of the Constitution are extremely clear and unambiguous. It states that all treaties ratified by the Republic of Bulgaria are part of domestic law and have priority over domestic legislation, in case they contradict it. In the case of the Constitution, it is stipulated that the Law on Referendums regulates this matter. It states that a referendum cannot be held on ratified treaties. The only possibility is to hold it before the date of ratification, that is, before May 11, 2005, Nazaryan specified.