For the moment, Democratic Bulgaria is not continuing negotiations with GERB, BSP and ITN. We are two political entities sharing one cause. They have the right to negotiate and they are doing so. The negotiations are not being conducted by the coalition, but only by the DB. This was stated by Venko Sabrutev in the program “More from the Day” on BNT, quoted by novini.bg
„As a whole, Bulgaria needs a regular government and we fully support this happening. If our partners decide that they want to enter into a government with other parties, this is their right. From Continuing the Change, we clearly say that in order for there to be talks with us, the declaration on isolating Delyan Peevski from power must be signed. For the moment, the PP has no place in this government”, he specified.
I am personally skeptical that there will be a government, knowing GERB and Borisov, seeing which individuals they are nominating for prime ministers. I personally do not believe that there will be a government, I am keeping my fingers crossed for them, the politician said.
In no way can the election of a new prosecutor general be taken as a guarantee that he will meet all the criteria that society expects. In no way can a Prime Minister and a Prosecutor General be mixed. The socially responsible position is to accept the changes that we proposed in the Law on the Judiciary, which would ensure a fair election of a new Prosecutor General. The governance of the state is the responsibility of the first political force. We see that once again they cannot form a government”, emphasized Sabrutev.
He complained about the press against the PP, who are the initiators of the replacement of the Prosecutor General. “Innocent people are arrested. We are worried about who the Prosecutor General is. Society is worried. We are worried that we are returning to the dark times, when we wake up and our apartment is no longer ours, our business is not ours, someone through the Registry Agency has transferred everything that you have been building for years. Why are actions being taken against Kiril Petkov only now? It took Sarafov three years to find out who was the Prime Minister or Minister of Internal Affairs back then? Enough, this is public, he got angry about the accusation that the co-chairman of the PP Kiril Petkov received today for the arrest of GERB leader Boyko Borisov in 2022, which the court considered illegal”, Venko Sabrutev also said.
When asked whether there were arrangements in the background to avoid accusations of malfeasance (after it was learned that Petkov's karate teacher whispered to him that everything was settled, but the former prime minister claims that he did not hear well what he was told before he went in to receive his accusation - editor's note), Sabrutev replied: "Kiril Petkov made a statement, called you journalists to explain himself exactly. I was there, there were a lot of people chanting. Of course, there is a possibility that he does not hear what the people next to him are saying, but I cannot speak on his behalf".
Without an extension law on the budget, today is January 10, and it has not been passed, many payments are at risk, he warned.