Viewers of the “Panorama” show on BNT witnessed a heated political debate tonight.
The leader of the “Vazrazhdane” party, Kostadin Kostadinov, exchanged angry comments with “Let’s continue the change” co-chair Asen Vassilev regarding gas supplies. Toma Bykov “poured fuel on the fire” by saying that an agreement had been made to import 30% more expensive Russian gas through intermediaries.
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“Bulgaria must formulate a position that is wholly Bulgarian. We believe that it must end the war as quickly as possible and ensure the integrity of Ukraine. We cannot have a military conflict that allows a country to be torn apart.” Asen Vassilev said.
Kostadin Kostadinov said: “We heard Mr. Vassilev that it was wrong to dismember a country, but this happened 20 years ago in neighboring Serbia. Then again Bulgaria” helped “by giving its airspace to NATO planes. then and now a double standard is demonstrated. The best position we have stated is not to export arms to Ukraine, but to raise the issue of the Bulgarian minority in Ukraine, which is very large. Bulgarians are disappearing there every day! it seems the Ukrainian authorities are eliminating them there. Why not go there and check ?! Our role had to be that of mediator, because both Russia and Ukraine are brother countries for us “.
“NATO is a protected alliance, there is no way to ask Bulgaria to send troops to Ukraine. If we look at all the countries around Russia where there is a war – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia … all of these countries are not NATO members In the rest – “Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia have no wars because NATO is a shield. This guarantees that there will be no war in Bulgaria “, Asen Vassilev tried to reply.
Karimanski did not hold back: “We have forgotten that peace is not taken for granted and that it must be defended every day. The lessons we never learned in time – that when Merkel embraced Putin we did nothing to be a little bit more cautious in its relations with Russia. Apparently the Russian people are not behind Putin. We must really stand on the side of the Russian people and, if we want them to be independent, we must be on their side, not on the side of a dictator. “
Toma Bykov was adamant: “In ten days we will not show up at Miss World and fight for world peace, nor will we enter the Russian parliament to fight for the future of the Russian people. 400 km higher, they are currently attacking the plant. Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the risk of it being hit is not at all intimidating. Bulgaria had no position on this in recent months and this is because of an artificially assembled coalition that was not prepared with its geopolitical position. I would like to ask the lady. Ninova Who “feeds” arms exports, as you say? I also ask: will we have a line or will we stay out of this conflict that will not end tomorrow and is not going well “.
“We have to have non-traditional solutions. One of them is talking to the countries of the Arab world about the exploration of gas fields and the conclusion of contracts with a horizon of 10 years,” Karimanski noted.
Asen Vassilev defended the position of the government to which he was a part: “Bulgaria at the moment gets along without Gazprom. From now on, as a contract, we have 1 billion with Azerbaijan, which we started to receive in full from 1 July. Oil tankers would add another billion to us. And another billion had to be searched from the southern gas corridor – Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, from a number of North African countries such as Egypt. Separately, 20 cubic meters can pass through Bulgaria towards central and south-eastern Europe, Azerbaijani gas is very cheap “.
Karimanski interrupts him: “Without long-term contracts, things don’t work. There are several mechanisms.”
Kostadin Kostadinov said that the inflationary spiral is the result of the worsening of the crisis, in turn “encouraged” by the sanctions against Russia and the criminal actions of the Bulgarian government. “The inflation in our country was caused either because adequate decisions were not made or because decisions were made that exacerbated the crisis. He described the government’s actions as criminal, especially when it comes to gas.”
“Prices are a problem for all Bulgarian citizens. And inflation here is higher because we are poorer. The price we pay for electricity and water is a much larger share of the” basket “, he said. Asen Vassilev and added, that businesses should be compensated and helped with a social package “to get people through the winter” – increasing pensions, the minimum wage, so that people can have higher incomes.
Karimanski interrupted him: “I am surprised how with so much false information, to say the least, there is speculation in your campaign. The first – the money has been distributed to kalpak – both to companies that need it and to companies that don’t. they need it. I need it … What you proposed has nothing to do with income policy. PP has nothing in its income policy program. And where you got 121 votes for lying to people who have you made nursery schools free, for example ?! “.
Speaking of the country’s future, Kostadin Kostadinov said: “On October 2 we will go to a referendum, not an election, to decide whether to continue to be an American colony”.
“Until the GERB cleans itself up, until the judicial system cleans up GERB as a party, we will not cooperate and I invite everyone here to join this,” Asen Vasilev proudly said.
Toma Bykov said: “Nobody is talking to you. Thank God, you will not have a vote in the next parliament. We should not rule out any option as a module ten days before the elections. Because the worst possible option is to go to the elections in March. The first one. it is to elect a government, but the election of a government, as we have seen, does not in itself resolve the political crisis. Because you can make a new political Frankenstein and go to new extraordinary elections “.
According to information on novini.bg.
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