"This is a living strike. 7,000 people are on strike, a million or so are suffering. The protesters are representative of a very key sector, such as transport. If seamstresses protest, we will not be particularly affected. People who are able to block us are protesting."
This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by journalist Ivo Indzhev.
"Public transport is perhaps the most important social service for citizens. The elderly are suffering the most. The huge percentage of those who ride are white-haired people."
According to him, "the protesters are already winners", because the mayor has offered 180 leva to their salaries, while people with academic degrees can only dream of similar salaries to those of those working in public transport.
It is inadequate to ask for it in a slur, the journalist also reports on the protesters' claims. In his words, working in Sofia turns out to be "something of a privilege in the eyes of people from other cities".
Russian influence in Bulgaria never acts by chance, Indzhev believes.
"The embassy and those who pull the strings in Bulgaria from the northern empire monitor extremely strictly even purely Bulgarian national events related to dates in history in order to take some action. I don't believe it's a coincidence. May 9 is a single day of the year. We have to be very naive to believe in coincidences. It's not just the date. Many ask why he didn't do it earlier. How come suddenly, to the point of surprising his legal advisor? (…) Consensus through division is not achieved. How will you achieve consensus in a country by dividing it on such an important issue?"
Indzhev also pointed out that the president constantly takes sides in political disputes, and instead of uniting, he proposes a referendum, which results in "very bright political opposition".
From a political point of view and from a common sense point of view, Natalia Kiselova's action blocks the president's cunning plan to be shamed in the National Assembly by submitting this proposal, and then have grounds to refer it to the Constitutional Court and thus delay the decision on Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone. This was his plan, but it was read, the journalist commented.
In the program "Before All" Ivo Indzhev expressed the opinion that everything points to a political project of the head of state.
"It is not fair that he keeps everyone waiting to see if he will decide, not to say consent, to enter the political arena."