2024-03-30 23:47:30
“I want to congratulate Ms. Sacheva, because they just lost the role of the convenient opposition in the government and will have to become responsible managers for what the cabinet will do. It is good that there will be an active A National Assembly that will monitor every single action. As you saw, the changes in the Constitution did not lead to a crisis and there will be an acting prime minister.”
Thus, the former deputy and member of the leadership of the PP Lena Borislavova commented in the studio of “Panorama” on BNT, where Denitsa Sacheva from GERB was also present, the news that the president Rumen Radev has chosen the former speaker of the National Assembly and former deputy from GERB Dimitar Glavchev for candidate for caretaker prime minister.
“The word ‘assemblage’ describes extremely well what was between us and GERB. And that is precisely why it became so popular to describe the situation. It reflects the fact that we with GERB and SDS never became and will not become an organic whole . We have different understandings of what the purpose of politics is. We are different even as people. For us, when a word is given, it should be kept and not changed several times from morning to night. When Mr. Denkov said he would resign, he did as he announced months earlier,” Borislavova said earlier in the TV studio.
“For us, acting in harmony with the Euro-Atlantic principles means that there is no way to build “Turkish” or “Balkan” or any other “flows” so that Russia can bypass Ukraine. Judicial reform is not a matter of words. We are ready texts and they are not limited to the creation of a specialized court, but look to solve the problems,” Borislavova pointed out.
“What should be known is that in a very large number of cases, Mr. Borisov’s decisions are not taken by him personally, but by Mr. Delyan Peevski. In this sense, when in the course of the negotiations there was an insistence from GERB to explicitly include a text providing a quota in the selection of regulators in favor of DPS, Mr. Kiril Petkov took the logical step that if we want this quota not to happen and not be in the text of the agreement, so that GERB can to agree, Mr. Petkov is talking to Mr. Peevski,” this is how Borislavova answered a question about whether Kiril Petkov agreed on key issues with Delyan Peevski.
The original agreement between the parties 9 months ago was to rotate only Ms. Gabriel and Mr. Denkov. Then, suddenly, the names of a new energy minister, a new minister of e-governance, “what else” appeared. Lena Borislavova emphasized that more than 6 ministries were changed in the uncoordinated draft cabinet of Mrs. Maria Gabriel. “When we went through the negotiations in good faith, we saw that agreement on change was not being reached, we said that we have to go back to the table, keep our word and make a cabinet. Because the only loser from this whole thing that is happening is the Bulgarian people,” said Lena Borislavova.
“We continue the change” appeared on the political scene for the first time in the 47th National Assembly. Back then, Kiril Petkov’s office assigned the Ministry of Interior’s inspectorate to investigate any violations related to the construction of “Turkish Stream”. There was a report of violations in every ministry and department involved in its construction. The findings were sent to the control authorities. In subsequent parliaments, we continued to push for reforms in the judicial system so that there could be consequences for findings. When the new information appeared a few weeks ago that from the first to the last centimeter of the construction of this route there is a transfer of construction to Russian subcontractors, we asked a parliamentary question. We raised the issue of creating a commission,” explained Borislavova.
Borislavova explained that within the next 2 days, the PP convenes a regular annual general meeting. To date, over 660 delegates and over 120 structures from all over the country have registered. “Our like-minded people clearly understand that whether we will be able to implement those reforms that have been waiting for the last 30 years depends on our strength and weight in the parliament. They should know that the more electoral power they give us, the more we will manage to fight,” Borislavova also said. She explained that if it was up to the PP, there would be no elections. He called in the next month and a half “not to waste time on various populist topics, but to vote on rules on how to elect the persons in the anti-corruption commission”.
Stay tuned for details.