A successful young Sofian – the co-founder of Telerik and “Telerik Academy” Vasil Terziev, is among the favorites for the mayoral candidate of Sofia of “Democratic Bulgaria” and “Let’s Keep the Change”, predicts 24 hours.
Probably, in addition to the talks about a minority cabinet, the two formations also talked about their project for the local vote. The initiative for common candidates in the big cities started from the DB at the beginning of the month, and this time “Change” accepted it, unlike the summer offer for the unified lists of deputies.
“If there are such things, you will hear about them,” entrepreneur Terziev is evasive to “Trud”.
He is a major donor to the campaigns of Asen Vassilev and Kiril Petkov.
as he gave BGN 50,000 just for the October vote. Unofficially, his removal as candidate is already said to have taken a toll on DB, which holds 8 of the district mayors in Sofia (versus GERB’s 12) and has the largest presence visible as a political force precisely in the capital.
However, when asked if there is no longer a right-wing candidate linked to their coalition, or if they are inclined to accept a person from “Promyanata”, the Pd deputies informally reassured: “What could be more right-wing than a millionaire who sold his company for BGN 500 million?” .
In 2014, Americans bought software developer Telerik for a record $262.5 million.
The millionaire was among the first to take to the streets when Nikola Minchev was overthrown as the head of parliament, and then in defense of the “Petkov” cabinet. He is particularly active on Facebook regarding the troubles in Sofia, recently resentful of the unfortunate repair of the yellow cobblestones.
Unlike Boris Bonev, who is also running for mayor, he has no political experience. And DB’s idea for a common candidate includes the Bonevata “Save Sofia”.
In the vote 3 years ago, the young mayor garnered as many votes as an entire SOS political group, but then there was no entry list for councilors and he entered as an independent, and finished fourth in the mayoral race. Now his civil union will register as a party, but only for the elections in Sofia, and Bonev himself has already asked to be a candidate for mayor again and is in fact in a permanent electoral campaign.
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