Rosen Tsvetkov before FACTS: BSP is waiting for September 9!

Two DPS brands, BSP is in crisis, PP-DB may also split… More than interesting elections are looming on October 27. Rosen Tsvetkov spoke to FAKTI on the subject. Rosen Tsvetkov, a member of the National Leadership of the Conservative Bulgaria party, spoke to FAKTI.

- Mr. Tsvetkov, will these be the most interesting elections that are coming up on October 27. What I am asking you about is that we have two brands of DPS, BSP is disintegrating, and PP-DB can also appear separately at the vote?
- We are witnessing an unprecedented election situation in which no one knows what the outcome will be. We see the problems in BSP, DPS, and PP-DB, which also do not know how they will vote. This can lead to many problems in the formation of the upcoming state government, because it is very difficult for such fragmented entities to be then grouped together.

We see that things are literally on a knife edge, as they say.

It will be very difficult to form any government after the elections because we see that many main formations are in crisis.

- And, at the same time, Boyko Borisov and GERB are watching from the sidelines?
- Yes, they are in some kind of waiting position, in which they observe on the principle of "two fight, the third wins". That's kind of what the situation looks like. Borisov is silent, he doesn't say anything, but surely it is he who will extract the biggest political dividends from these processes of disintegration among other strong political players.

- Peevski's DPS is against Dogan's DPS. Who will take what…
- We see a clear request from DPS New Beginning (of Peevski) to enter the parliament with this registration that they are trying to do. And they are capable of doing it, because we see how the percentage of voters rose in the last elections, when Delyan Peevski was already co-president.

For that I dare say they can take between 80,000 and 120,000 votes.

These are the votes that - accidentally or not - were added to the DPS in the last vote.

- Dogan's DPS where does it stay in this case…
- They will get the votes they have had so far, in the mixed districts. But, I say again that those voices that were attracted as new ones that appeared under Peevski as co-chairman, we will see them. We are talking about regions such as Montana, Vratsa, Vidin, etc.

Before DPS there were no MPs in these areas, but now there are two from Montana.

So these votes - one way or another, will be attracted again, will be taken. Peevski's DPS have clearly calculated that they will pass the electoral barrier of 4%, which will still be below 100,000 votes in these elections, because – no matter what we say, people will not go to the polls. They will vote less and less, and this will lead to the entry of all kinds of small, and maybe even some party associations, which will pass the barrier and enter the parliament.

- How severe a crisis is BSP in?
- BSP, in my opinion, did

fatal tactical error with the exclusion of Kornelia Ninova just before the vote, because she has her weight in the party and has followers.

And right before a fight to make such changes, to create such a confrontation… It is clear that they did not have the natural time to hold a Congress and change the leader as it should be, but in this case the votes of Cornelia Ninova will go to some other formation. And we may also witness another scenario, in which there is a possibility of the BSP of Cornelia and the BSP United Left, for example, appearing in elections. Some left-wing formation, which is already being talked about.

- “Revival“ are also on hold?
- “Revival“ are trending up because they made some good moves that are pouring in votes for them. And that is undeniable.

Maybe a second political force will emerge in these elections.

Against the background of all the problems other political formations have, they seem rather monolithic. But let's say one more thing about the BSP. The BSP is talking about changing chairmen and governing bodies, about unification with small parties, but they haven't shown anything new. BSP needs new people, young, fresh and competent persons are not needed. There were no round tables to discuss the issues, and we see some old muzzles.

Actually, the same people who made Ninova president have now deposed her.

Atanas Zafirov leads to an outflow of votes, not the other way around. With the BSP, it is very interesting that they are waiting for September 9! Then we will most likely have a final court decision to remove Ninova as party leader. The final day to register for the election is September 11. If the court removes her, Zafirov will sort out the papers. So it is possible, if the court refuses to remove her or, if the court is delayed with its decision, Ninova will put the papers in order. So we have a very interesting situation there.