"The president's thesis was not made clear. There was speculation by many speakers that it could be silenced.
This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by Anton Kutev, a former advisor to President Radev.
The President will refer the matter to the Constitutional Court due to the National Assembly's refusal to organize a referendum with the question: "Do you agree that Bulgaria should introduce the single European currency, the euro, in 2026?"
There will be no such referendum because it is constitutionally inadmissible, Krum Zarkov, now former Secretary for Legal Affairs of Rumen Radev, as well as former Minister of Justice, told the Bulgarian National Radio.
Kutev indicated that he differs significantly from Krum Zarkov in his assessment of the president's request.
"I claim that there is nothing unconstitutional in what Rumen Radev did.
The issue is different whether the Constitutional Court would have ruled the question constitutionally admissible. Kiselova allowed herself to seize the powers of the Constitutional Court.
I do not think that there is any mistake on the part of the president either in asking the question or in the question he asked.
This action was risky due to accusations of populism, and if it were not for Kiselova's strange move, he could have really gotten into a lot of trouble - both publicly and politically. She pulled him out of the predicament with a firework. At the moment, there is no threat in any context from this action of the president.
The very sacrifice of Kiselova and the fact that she jumped into the breach to prevent the referendum at all costs means only one thing - that all this lies and sloppiness that poured out from all sorts of people who call themselves lawyers is simply untrue.
If they knew that the Constitutional Court would return the issue and there would be no referendum, they would have voted on it in the National Assembly and rejected it.
Kutev pointed out that there are differences between the motives of "Vazrazhdane" for holding a referendum on the euro and those of the president.
"The president was talking all the time not about the adoption, but about the introduction of the euro. He is not afraid of Bulgaria's readiness according to the Maastricht criteria, but of how the introduction of the euro will affect Bulgarian citizens. That is, is the Bulgarian state ready to guarantee that there will be no speculation that will raise prices. The president has never been against adopting the euro.
It is about people's fears that in 4-5 months they may find themselves 20% poorer.
The thesis that the president is preparing the ground for the creation of a political project is not accurate, Kutev noted in the program "Nedelya 150".
"The president wants to serve out his term, but the ground under his feet is changing so much that there comes a moment when he cannot help but intervene. He doesn't want this, but circumstances keep pushing him."
The clay feet of the party and political system create this image of Radev, his former advisor believes.