A vote without a goal and direction, which brought together the various pro-Kremlin fragments in the National Assembly. They received media attention, but achieved nothing. It was clear that there was no support in public opinion for a pro-European orientation of the country. This vote may have had an internal field of action between the opposition parties. This was stated by sociologist Boryana Dimitrova in the program “Face to Face“ on BTV.
It was clear that the government has two reserve players in the person of the two factions of the MRF. The vote gave a much higher result than the one with which the government was elected. The cabinet has nothing to worry about, let it focus on specific policies, she summarized.
According to Dimitrova, the political situation is not easy, neither in Bulgaria nor in Europe. “Borisov wants to put all his eggs in one basket. On the other hand, parliamentary support is very difficult. The government is aware of the reputational damage it suffers from Peevski's support. In addition to the real difficulties, we also see a reluctance to directly identify Peevski's support“, the sociologist believes.
“The higher the threshold for entering the National Assembly, the larger the majorities. Where there is a majoritarian system, more serious majorities are obtained. Currently, Bulgaria is in a cycle in which we are moving towards fragmentation, parties are splitting. It seems that this is the recipe. This will be at the expense of smaller parties. This is the easy solution. "It does not mean that parties have less work to do if voter turnout is low. In majoritarian elections, the larger parties form coalitions before the vote," she explained.