I don’t have offshore accounts, I don’t have five million, I don’t have companies that do business with Kozloduy. These are all lies.
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This was stated by Rumen Ovcharov during the session of the 50th anniversary congress of the BSP. Rumen Ovcharov commented that it is cynical to accuse Ivan Genov and Alexander Nikolov along with him. It is cynical, because the two were the first to sign an agreement in 2009 to study the possibilities of building these nuclear reactors – the Americans also rejected the people who wanted to push them, Ovcharov commented.
We remind you that yesterday the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury imposed sanctions on five current or former officials from Bulgaria – Rumen Ovcharov, Alexander Hristov Nikolov, Ivan Genov, Nikolay Malinov and Vladislav Goranov – for their extensive participation in corrupt activities in Bulgaria. This is stated in a press release of the financial department, distributed by the US embassy in Sofia. British Foreign Minister James Cleverley announced the imposition of sanctions against three Bulgarians – Delyan Peevski, Ilko Zhelyazkov and Vasil Bozhkov.
This battle against me is not a battle for the past – the battle is for the future of Bulgaria and Bulgarian energy and for the expulsion of Russia from Bulgaria. said Ovcharov. None of us have defended Russian interests, we have defended Bulgarian interests because Bulgaria is interested in supplying cheap nuclear fuel, said Ovcharov. Don’t worry about me – these are lies that have no practical meaning. These are lies that show the way in which Bulgaria will be manipulated and moved from now onhe added.
After Rumen Ovcharov’s speech, socialists demanded that the BSP Congress declare that it stands firmly behind him. In response, Ovcharov thanked for the support and noted that the other two added to the list – Alexander Nikolov and Ivan Genov – should not be forgotten. “I don’t know if you understood me correctly – I don’t want to defend Vladi Goranov,” he said. Vladislav Goranov is “another beer” in all this, he is on another scheme there, he is on Vasil Bozhkov’s scheme and on those millions saved from payments to the state, added Ovcharov. While the rest of us, the three of us, including Nikolay Malinov, are to some extent exactly on this line – lest someone think from the experts at the level of Rumen Ovcharov that they can henceforth speak out against American interests and American projects in Bulgaria, he commented. Ovcharov added that someone at the level of the experts of Alexander Nikolov and Ivan Genov should think that he can oppose American interests, should someone think like Nikolai Malinov that he can do something together with Russia. That is why I think it is important for the BSP and the Congress to say – we stand behind the national interests of Bulgaria and support the people who defended these interests, he said, quoted by BTA.
Regarding internal party issues, Rumen Ovcharov commented that removing the leader of a party is not an easy task. Push yourself a little colleagues, come up with something, offer something different, offer something new, he advised. Somehow I can’t accept these scenes here today, I can’t accept the attitude of some people who are once again standing on the balcony and handing out grades with white gloves, Ovcharov pointed out and emphasized that hatred is a road to nowhere. I am convinced that the BSP is on the right path, the BSP has made solid steps in left-wing social policy, it has proposed a model to get Bulgaria out of the political deadlock, he said.
We can’t hug with GERB, we can’t hug with DPS either, but we can agree with them on five or six things that need to be done, added Ovcharov.
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