ITN Leader Slavi Trifonov Announces Referendum Will Not Be Initiated for Changing Bulgarian State Structure

“A referendum will not be initiated”, this is what ITN leader Slavi Trifonov announced on his personal Facebook profile.

“For the holding of a referendum to convene a Great National Assembly to change the state structure of the Republic of Bulgaria from a parliamentary to a presidential republic, we collected 145,193 signatures from Bulgarian citizens – in Bulgaria and everywhere in the world.

These signatures are insufficient under the current law and no such referendum will now be initiated. We had to collect 400,000 signatures. It is not by chance that I say “now”, because we did not just collect signatures, we opened the topic of what the political system of Bulgaria should be. Because the current device is not working well and there needs to be an alternative.

And if a government is not formed now, or a short-lived and non-working government is formed, this time not we, but the people themselves will raise the issue of a presidential republic.

If we were a relatively normal country, for example – Switzerland, these signatures would be enough to initiate referendums. But we are not, and that is why “There is such a people” will work hard to change the law on referendums. Because in our opinion, direct democracy is the true expression and form of democracy.

I want to thank everyone who participated and signed this initiative.

Thank you, your civil position is proof that it all made sense.

Once again, thank you!” Trifonov wrote.

The referendum with a question: “Do you support the holding of elections for a Great National Assembly to decide the issues of changes in the form of government from a parliamentary republic to a presidential republic?” was organized by an initiative committee with cadres of “There is such a people”. It included 12 people, and the chairman was Slavi Trifonov himself.