/ world at present information/ We sought out the PR knowledgeable and political analyst Nidal Algaffari in reference to media claims that the BSP is holding talks with the ombudsman Maya Manolova, in addition to together with her blade Elena Yoncheva, to affix the race for mayor of Sofia as opponents of Yordanka Fandakova by GERB in an accelerated order – earlier than the earlier elections for the European Parliament.
– Mr. Alghafari, you’re an knowledgeable on the topic: group, PR and conduct of elections. Do you assume it’s actual, as claimed by the media, that the ombudsman Maya Manolova, and why not the blade from the parliamentary group of the BSP Elena Yoncheva, have already been persuaded to affix the mayoral race for Sofia in opposition to the incumbent from GERB Yordanka Fandakova?
– I do not know whether or not it was mentioned with Elena Yoncheva or with Maya Manolova, whether or not such conversations have been held in any respect. Nonetheless, Maya Manolova is definitely a particularly well-represented particular person in society. She managed to alter a variety of her picture as a BSP fighter. Now she is perceived solely as a folks’s fighter. So it could be an excellent choice for her to come back out in opposition to the extraordinarily well-performing Yordanka Fandakova.
– However is not this picture of Maya Manolova an excellent PR?
– I can’t say. I don’t know if she is going to run, if they’ve organized for her to run. I interpret it for myself as a doable choice. And this feature – for her to be in opposition to Fandakova, is basically an excellent choice. And he might, if not win, at the least carry out very effectively. I.e. to symbolize the facility behind it very effectively. However, alternatively, I do not assume that Maya Manolova would sacrifice herself to assist a really weak BSP chief. To drag her out of the mire during which they’re already sinking and digging in. I additionally assume that Maya Manolova is far more crafty and wiser than to set herself up as a sacrificial lamb for a girl who she personally believes is just not on the very best of phrases together with her.
– Is not the place of mayor, even of the capital, too low for Maya Manolova’s ambition, is not she aiming for the submit of “Dondukov” 2?
– I do not assume it is a low ball as a result of, so far as I keep in mind, that is how one other particular person, who’s now the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, went by Sofia. Once you handle to win Sofia and the picture of a nationwide determine, it’s already a lot simpler to play for larger positions. However for her to go to “Dondukov” 2, it appears a bit troublesome to me, as a result of it implies that the BSP will begin taking part in for her in opposition to Radev, which can additional worsen the state of the celebration. I do not assume they may. And nothing prevents an individual like Maya Manolova from taking part in such a troublesome place as the sport of mayor and thus gaining much more PR and even better approval for herself. It is fully doable.
– Nonetheless, is not it too early to have such conversations, would not this agenda precede the dialog concerning the candidacies for the European Parliament, elections that shall be held in Could, not within the fall?
– The scenario surrounding the European elections is totally completely different. Individuals in Bulgaria have little or no concept what they’re doing, what our representatives within the European Parliament are doing. The elections themselves are nice and there the exhausting cores are relied upon. Hardly anybody extra interested by exhausting cores would come out. Subsequently, it is rather proper, who needs to go to the mayoral race, to begin getting ready from afar, to scrub his negatives and add positives. I believe it is time for him to go.
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