“Kiril Petkov Outlines Government Options and Calls for Responsibility in Bulgaria”

There are three options for a government before GERB, PP co-chairman Kiril Petkov wrote in his personal Facebook profile.

He makes several points about what he thinks the PP-DB coalition has done so far.

“On the very first day, we clearly stated that Bulgaria needs a regular government, but we cannot support a first term and a mixed cabinet in the second term. With the conviction that the parliament should work efficiently, we proposed a rotation principle for the Speaker of the National Assembly. We proposed a legislative program to be adopted at the head of the mechanism for control over the Prosecutor General and creation of the anti-corruption commission, which GERB accepted. We have proposed a management program for 18 months, which can take Bulgaria to Schengen and the Eurozone, and the utilization of the funds under the Recovery and Sustainability Plan. We proposed a cabinet headed by Academician Denkov, a Bulgarian scientist in the top 1% in the entire world, as well as experts such as Prof. Tagarev in defense,” writes Petkov.

“We did this before handing over the first mandate, so that GERB could make an easy choice that is good for Bulgaria. GERB now has several options,” says Kiril Petkov.

Option A was for GERB to support their government “and control the implementation of its program through the parliament, and thus be part of the decision for Bulgaria to be a normal European country”.

“Option B: GERB can go back to the years behind the scenes, seek support from DPS, BSP and ITN, knowing full well that they have to comply with Mr. Dogan’s cold reserve, work closely with Mr. -n Peevski, to discuss their Euro-Atlantic policies with the BSP, and perhaps with Vazrazhdane as well. This can be called a GERB minority government with the key support of DPS and help from the other parties. Option C: To prefer elections – in reality, however, this leads them to plan B with the DPS, simply that the negotiations will be conducted in T-shirts because of the hotter weather, because the distribution of forces will be fundamentally the same. Here, the president will simply have had 3 more months to rule,” Kiril Petkov’s post claims.

“That’s why we from the PP-DB chose a strategy of transparency – we showed the legislative program, the administrative program, and the full composition of the cabinet so that GERB with the first mandate could have the choice to make an informed decision about the future of Bulgaria. And now – now is the time for their responsibility – a decision that will either move the country forward or we will return to the dark years of corruption and Eurasian rule. It is time for this decision of the first political power and may the European future of Bulgaria prevail!”, writes Petkov.