/ world today news/ “I am pleased that we made the mayor of the capital commit to preserving the book market on Slaveykov Square.” I regard it as our common success together with second-hand booksellers and representatives of creative unions and organizations in the field of culture.” This was commented by the deputy chairman of the SOS from the BSP Left Bulgaria group Milka Hristova. She met today with second-hand booksellers on Slaveykov Square and talked with them about the results of their joint actions to preserve the book market achieved at Thursday’s session.
As is known, Milka Hristova and the chairman of the BSP Left Bulgaria group in the municipal council, Kaloyan Pargov, launched a campaign to preserve the book market on Slaveykov Square as soon as it became clear that it would not remain in its place after the renovation of the street. Count Ignatiev”. During the SOS session on Thursday, Kaloyan Pargov presented the capital mayor with a petition initiated by the book sellers on the square with more than 1,000 signatures collected in two days, and asked on behalf of the second-hand booksellers to meet with them.
“I am pleased that our position caused Mrs. Fandakova to make a commitment to preserve the book market. However, I am greatly puzzled by something else. Milka Hristova commented on her refusal to meet the book sellers in person and on the “condition” that after the repair and return to the market it would be forbidden to sell textbooks there. – To me, this condition looks like a “punitive action” against the actions of second-hand booksellers to preserve the book market. It is also quite lobbyist. Since the existence of the book market on Slaveykov Square, it is clear that new and used textbooks are sold there, and everyone can find what they need. Regardless of how old the edition is. Well, that’s exactly what second-hand dealers are useful for.”
According to Milka Hristova, the capital mayor’s attempt to explain that there were no plans to remove the Slaveykov book market was not successful. “There is an idea to abolish the book market as functioning all year round, and it is embedded in the project ranked first by the Sofia municipality itself for the renovation of this part of the center of Sofia, explained the deputy chairman of the SOS. – It is according to this project that the book market is “shrunk” by being located at both ends of the square under “plastic canopies” only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The center of the square is designed as a free area with movable tables and chairs, which will most likely be used for the functioning of cafes. The question here is whether the commitment made by the mayor of Sofia at the SOS session that the approved project will not be implemented is sufficient, or whether explicit administrative actions are necessary to change this project. The question remains open after the renovation, where exactly will the book market be located and on what area?
Booksellers are waiting for answers to these questions and continue to hope for a meeting with the capital’s mayor.
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