We support candidates who have the opportunity to be elected. This was stated on bTV by the deputy from GERB - SDS Rosen Zhelyazkov in connection with statement of acad. Nikolay Denkov, quoted by novini.bg.
Earlier, Denkov stated that the votes of GERB in relation to the election of the chairman of the National Assembly are for candidates who do not collect the necessary number of votes to be elected.
We nominated our candidate because there is no one better prepared than the previous Speaker of the Parliament - Raya Nazaryan, to start the work of the National Assembly. The very speculation that we are voting so that the parliament does not start work is untenable, he believes.
According to him, the chairman could have been elected yesterday. "Kiril Petkov had to fulfill his promise that they would also support Silvi Kirilov and Natalia Kiselova. The feeling is that the PP is very keen to support Silvi Kirilov. Not once did the PP say why they did not support gen. Atanas Atanasov. Denkov said that a majority is being gathered for Silvi Kirilov. They don't say - if Atanasov goes for a runoff, will they support him", explained Zhelyazkov.
Only BSP sought support from us. The talks were based on principles that this is a bridge to create a majority. For GERB, potential partners are PP-DB, ITN and BSP. We tie the election of the chairman to the gathering of a majority, he added.
In his words, BSP behave constructively. "The country needs management. The BSP's reaction after the vote yesterday was hasty. Both they and we were surprised by the support of DPS-NN", added the deputy from GERB.
Borisov did not set a condition for the BSP not to sign the declaration of the PP-DB, Zhelyazkov was categorical. "If we enter into the support with conditions, we could enter with a coalition agreement - the chairman of the National Assembly should be from the BSP, and the prime minister Borisov. The political crisis is due to the anger of the PP for their declaration," Zhelyazkov pointed out.
We looked for DB and asked if they would accept support from GERB. We see in the face of gen. Atanasov figure for support to form a majority. Let's choose a gene. Atanasov with the proviso that we talk about a majority, Zhelyazkov
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