The parties should solve their family problems, let’s all pull our heads out of the sand and put Bulgaria back on the map of Europe, urged Rumen Radev
I carefully follow all pre-election debates and messages from the political forces. The more I watch them, the more I am convinced that we must have a strong political government. With clear responsibility from the political parties. An expert office is not a solution.
Vice President Iliana Yotova said this on Thursday. Her comment comes after, since the beginning of the election campaign, party leaders, political scientists and commentators have been arguing about whether a political or an expert cabinet should negotiate the formations in the new parliament after October 27.
Always in a crisis, especially such a deep one, which we have been in for four years now, this instability, we have a blocked country – for me, it is more important that there is responsibility of a political cabinet. Everything else means hiding behind the scenes, having agreements, assemblies and other synonyms, the vice president also commented.
They have been asking for an expert government in its purest form from “There is such a people” for several terms now. His program should be based on the priorities of the main parties and a coalition should be formed around it, and then experts should be chosen as ministers. The BSP also talks about an expert government.
PP-DB, however, do not accept the idea of a pure expert office. According to former Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov expert offices without clear political responsibility are a wonderful fig leaf behind which many outrages can be committed.
“Promyanata” proposes that the prime minister be equally distant from all parties, following the example of former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. We have to think about an option for all of us to give up our posts, from ministers, and think about a public figure, equidistant, who has the trust not only of the parties, but of society, co-chair Kiril Petkov explains.
We don’t need an equidistant prime minister, we all need to be inside and take responsibility. Let those who have people behind them and can form a government be inside, GERB leader Boyko Borisov rejects the formula “Dear”. He is adamant and consistent in his argument that if there is a coalition government, the leaders must be in it and there must be a signed agreement.
During the first term in the 50th National Assembly, GERB’s initial offer was an expert cabinet with a prime minister and key ministers from the party. After that, however, Borisov brought out a party cabinet with prime ministerial candidate Rosen Zhelyazkov.
10 days before the vote, President Rumen Radev called on the parties from Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he is on a visit, “to solve their internal family problems as soon as possible”.
It’s about time we got our heads out of the sand and got back to where we belong. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, they see Bulgaria as a worthy and strong member of NATO and the EU. They look to us with hope – to help, to lead. As soon as possible, Bulgaria must restore its leading role in the Balkans, Radev said.