“Bulgarian President and Political Parties Clash Over Leaked Conversations”

“President Radev has the right to criticize the PP-DB for part of the leaked conversations, which are shocking, but conveniently omits the part of them that directly concerns him. It is clear from the records that the PP and Mr. Radev were having “ala bala scheme for the elections” that the entire state machine worked for them, and that if the people were allowed to vote freely, they would have between 7 and 10%,” BSP leader Kornelia Ninova wrote on her Facebook page.

“Mr. President today emphasized that he is called to protect national security and the Constitution. Changing the elections is a gross assault on national security. And Kiril Petkov became a minister in violation of the Constitution with the protection and amnesty of the president,” Ninova also wrote.

On Monday, President Rumen Radev handed over the second research mandate to Academician Nikolay Denkov from PP-DB. Radev called on Academician Denkov to completely rethink the expediency of utilizing the mandate, because according to him, it is already discredited.

“As president and commander-in-chief, I am directly involved in national security and called to defend the Bulgarian state. And here I want to state that it is precisely for this reason that it is not appropriate for me to hand you a mandate after the expired records, and to entrust the fate of Bulgaria to the hands of your leaders after the leaked records and public confessions. Because of the torpedoing of Bulgarian sovereignty, the slander and the planned purge in the services and state administration, the request for interference in the elections by controlling the Ministry of Internal Affairs and discrediting the leaders of European institutions and the name of Bulgaria,” said Radev to Academician Denkov, reminding about the leaked records.

“I don’t think the constitution suggests that someone else should give advice to the National Assembly on whether to elect a government or not,” Denkov said on his way out of the presidency after accepting the mandate.

The BSP leader stated that President Radev cannot be a moral judge:

“You created the problems in the country and you cannot be part of their solution.”