2024-07-20 08:28:35
Instead of giving hundreds of millions for equipment, pilots should be trained to extinguish, the president from Bolyarovo asked
“Right now is still the time to act. There is time for reports and analysis, but the evaluation is given by the people. Both those who are grateful that their lives and property were saved, and those who are frustrated that their property could not be saved,” said President Rumen Radev from Bolyarovo, where they are still fighting the fires.
He criticized the politicians that people should not be divided when vans are delivered to specific individuals and others are ignored. This creates tension between them. “I proposed to the Ministry of the Interior that part of the vans in the refugee centers be delivered to the people,” he said.
The president refused to comment on political issues, saying he had come to see the people, not to comment on election campaigns.
“On the agenda is dealing with natural disasters, we will deal with political disasters later,” said Radev.
“Only when we finish the second term, then we will talk about the third. There are clearly written laws, the disaster protection law is in force. It clearly states which departments are responsible. Let everyone fulfill their duties according to law. The decision of the National Assembly yesterday, which obliges the Ministry of Defense to allocate funds for specialized firefighting aircraft. It is not a matter of having such equipment, but of having people,” the president explained.
On Friday, the Security Council of the Council of Ministers decided to purchase firefighting equipment for two more Cougar helicopters.
“As I am being called for an advisory council for national security, I want to ask – how many more councils do I have to do for the Bulgarian army? Do you know how many crews we have prepared at the moment? Two crews of “Cougar” and two of Mi-17. That’s a lot complicated stuff. Instead of giving hundreds of millions for new equipment, let’s go to the Air Force to restore equipment and people,” he said.