The consequence of resolving the transport blockade in Sofia turned out to be an attempt at a deal, because Boyko Borisov's proposal "to hand over a majority to the Sofia mayor in exchange for a majority that he would receive in the National Assembly (for the ruling party) was in practice an invitation to exchange majorities and, accordingly, for joint actions".
This opinion was expressed by PR expert Arman Babikyan.
Boyko Borisov will have a hard time swallowing the loss of a city like Sofia, the expert emphasized:
"However, he feels extremely uncomfortable with Delyan Peevski in the majority and would certainly prefer to have a familiar majority, called a sgovka, which would keep him relatively independent from a very strong player like Peevski, who wins at his expense every day and is not responsible. At the same time, he is gradually surpassing Borisov's stature and represents a real threat to him. He does not feel such a threat from the people in the PP-DB".
According to Babikyan, the PP-DB mayors in the country are not the first to govern without a majority in the Municipal Council:
"The mayors who over the years managed to form their own majorities of municipal councilors were called "dining room majorities", i.e. a majority of interest. Even Borisov, when he became mayor of Sofia, did not have a majority in the SOS".
According to Arman Babikyan, with the proposal for a referendum on the date of euro adoption, President Rumen Radev has not managed to accumulate political positives, but rather - shame.
"He knows that he will not have another mandate, and the cataclysms that Bulgaria is facing do not guarantee that he will complete this mandate. An even worse effect would be if he continued to take the heroic posture of listening to the Bulgarian people, which is extremely populist".
In the program "Something More" Babikyan also commented on the case of MEP Nikola Minchev, who announced that he would ask the European Parliament to lift his immunity after information emerged that the Belgian authorities had requested the lifting of the immunities of five MEPs, including Minchev, in connection with an investigation into their alleged involvement in a corruption scandal related to the Chinese technology company "Huawei".
"Let's hope that the calm with which he is meeting these procedures will also prove to be calm for Bulgarian citizens and that it will turn out that an MEP from Bulgaria has nothing to do with this affair".