No one has asked us for support. Thus, BSP chairman Atanas Zafirov commented on another failed attempt to be elected chairman of the National Assembly. Silvi Kirilov gathered only 101 votes.
„When there is no conversation, this is the result. The election of the Speaker of the National Assembly is not a situational choice or something that should be decided on the knee or under an ultimatum. This is a serious conversation”, said Zafirov in the program “The Day Live with Nadelina Aneva”.
„Today we started such talks. We have invited ITN to a meeting tomorrow at 11:00. We have given ourselves until Friday for a solution to be found. But it cannot be done without the parties talking," said Atanas Zafirov. According to him, today it has not become clear what is being offered – president of the National Assembly or future prime minister of the country.
He specified that from the “BSP-United Left” are ready for conversations with everyone and where they are not invited, they will initiate such conversations themselves.
Furthermore, Zafirov does not agree with choosing the chairman of the National Assembly by age. “Let's see who is the most suitable. Our proposal makes the most sense, I hope by Friday some sense will prevail. Today and in the meeting with “Revival” a hope was voiced that a different way out of this situation could be found and a man who could do the job assigned to him bet. We need a person who has the quality and is a real, not a formal, chairman of the National Assembly,” commented Zafirov.
„I hope that tomorrow in the talks with ITN it will be explained to us what the purpose of this choice is, because apparently the approach is not serious”, said Zafirov.
He did not answer whether the BSP would abandon Natalia Kiselova's candidacy. “At the very least, we should talk about it in our bodies,”, said Zafirov. According to him, Kiselova is the most suitable, the most motivated and the most adequate to the situation that lies ahead and the tasks that the National Assembly has to solve. “If there is a scenario where we do not just elect a president, but name the next prime minister, there must be clear guarantees that he will not repeat the scenario of the current one”, commented the chairman of the BSP.
„Today it became clear that without the votes of the “BSP-United Left” nothing meaningful can be done in this NC. There cannot be a stable formula for governing the country,”, Zafirov also commented.
He confirmed that in the conversation with GERB they discussed policies. “Government should not be partisan, should not be dominated by any party, but should be expert, equidistant, but with strong political support, so that it is clear who bears the responsibility,”, said Zafirov. According to him, it is still not possible to talk about the name of a prime minister before the character of the government is clear.
There is an option for a cabinet with the participation of the “BSP-United Left”, as long as it meets the criteria set by the left and implements the policies they hold dear.
I will be a candidate for chairman of the BSP, confirmed Zafirov.