„ The executor fulfilled his functions - what he was appointed to do. As well as the entire self-imposed leadership”. So Ivan Chenchev answered the question in the studio of “Delnitsi“ how will he comment on the fact that Atanas Zafirov and Maya Manolova deregistered the BSP in the Central Election Commission.
„Someone said - to have enemies you don't need war, you need to tell the truth. And the truth in the BSP is that in the last eight years the pressure from everywhere for various coalitions, most of all, of course with Borisov, was refused. This is clearly the “sin“ to Cornelia Ninova for refusing any collaboration with GERB. In order to get to that yesterday, the incumbent deregistered the BSP. In fact, I saw a headline in internet publications: “We saw Maya Manolova and the acting chairman wipe out the BSP“, Ivan Chenchev also told Eurocom TV.
According to him, socialists from all over the country are reacting en masse to what is happening. “Unfortunately, after yesterday they will be managed by a convenient leadership, convenient for the oligarchy, convenient for GERB, convenient for Borisov. A month ago, from the rostrum of the Parliament, I spoke about exactly this and addressed the people – not to support convenient politicians, to support inconvenient ones. They will do their job.“, he emphasized.
When asked if they had the right to register the BSP in the CEC, Chenchev answered: “At the time of submitting the BSP documents to the CEC, we were the proxies of the then still acting chairman, Cornelia Ninova. We promised the socialists that we would register the BSP, that we would not let the party be exposed to the risk of not appearing in the elections. And we kept our promise.
On the occasion of the Supreme Court's decision, Ivan Chenchev recalled: “There was a case from 2022. In the same case – resignation and congress, in 2022 the court says: the resignation must be ascertained at a congress. I quote decision 100 of 07/27/2022 Now – the resignation should not be ascertained. And the prosecutor's office says in a court session that it is illegal to enter in the CGS – when a resignation has been submitted and when it has not been ascertained by the Congress”, emphasized Chenchev.
„Socialists have a conscience. They will make their decision. Because they are in the BSP because of their convictions”. Thus, Ivan Chenchev answered the presenter's question about what will happen in the BSP, since Eurocom broadcast viewers' opinions about the upcoming elections, and in one of them a viewer from Kazanlak said that they will not vote after these names will be leaders on lists, referring to the news that Sergey Stanishev, Kiril Dobrev, Kaloyan Pargov will be in charge.
„For rank-and-file socialists, the agreement of the current leadership is obvious. Ne Ninova went late at night to the NDK to negotiate posts and positions, and to overthrow the Speaker of the National Assembly. When a government was being negotiated with Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev, they came to “Positano”. This is the position of a worthy politician, a politician who has nothing to hide from,“, Ivan Chenchev also said.
„If you take a stop shot I can tell you the people by name – I don't see new faces, but I see those who abandoned one president and embraced another the second the previous one left. I also see several young people, I wish them success in finding a place for realization, but knowing the mentality of others, I doubt it,“, commented Chenchev.
“I was at the commemoration of September 9 in the village of Litakovo, Botevgrad Municipality. There is a Bratska Mogila erected there, where the bones of Bulgarian heroes, two Canadian officers, American officers are laid, there is the grave of Major Thomson, of Serbian partisans, many strong place. Well, tell me, seeing the people who are there, seeing how they stand up for their views - how to convey them, how to say – in order to settle the current leadership, let's hug with GERB“, commented the socialist and in response to a question in the studio he concluded:
„I am interested in the fate of rank-and-file socialists, that they have a direction, defending their convictions. I take their side”.