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There are such people “are the only ones who have a chance to form a government. GERB is in deaf isolation, the so-called patriots have given up on them. BSP due to its heavy burden and co-authorship in this model, which must now be erased, nor is it able to gather a majority and govern. ” This is what former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov told BNR.
According to him, even if there are more early elections after the July 11 elections, if there is no consensus on how to get out of the lasting political crisis in the country, how to rebuild the security services and the judiciary to ensure the rule of law. law, there will be no way out and exit of the crisis. “This is not a debate. Debate means listening to the other and welcoming his theses critically, but accepting good things, there is no such debate at all,” Kostov said.
He described society as extremely divided, which is the reason why no debate was born, and this led to the disintegration of the entire national fabric. “Democratic Bulgaria” gave a program and tried to start this dialogue, the topic of judicial reform is their constant topic. They are moderate, do not go to extremes and have no show. They try to be positive, they try to suggest this tone to others, but there is no debate. The debate must be on the merits – on the topics and on the measures, “the former prime minister said.
He proposed the adoption of a Declaration of Reform, which must now be agreed between those who are invited to do so in order to become a team to carry it out. “Without a team, one cannot take a step forward. No party can take it because it does not have the capacity,” Kostov said.
Kostov also commented on the sanctions under the Magnitsky law imposed on Delyan Peevski, Vasil Bozhkov and other individuals and legal entities in Bulgaria. “The meaning of sanctions is to stop the circulatory system, ie the monetary operations of corrupt networks. This is not a nuclear explosion, this is drying up these networks so that they cannot function.”
The former DSB leader asked the BNB Board how he protects Bulgarian banks from the risk of falling under sanctions. “Do they realize that they do not protect the interests of depositors in risky banks. Is it fulfilling its debt to society, or will it be like with CCB.”
According to him, banks should be warned about the risks they take, because there are banks that have given loans, hold assets of sanctioned people. “If the BNB does not do this, it deprives them of a reason to take the measures that need to be taken to protect banks and their depositors, which is more important.”
Kostov stressed that the coronavirus crisis was not well managed, which is the reason for the many victims, so he disagreed with the claims that the actions of the caretaker Minister of Health Stoycho Katsarov are revanchist.
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