The mayor of Borino municipality Mustafa Karaahmed has moved from Ahmed Dogan's MRF to Delyan Peevski's political party "New Beginning", the regional leader in Smolyan, Hari Malinov, told BTA. He indicated that talks were held with the party's chairman, Delyan Peevski, to attract Karaahmed.
Mustafa Karaahmed is the first mayor of a municipality in Smolyan region to leave the MRF. He has been mayor of Borino since 2015.
At the end of February, three of the municipal councilors of Dogan's party, Velko Hadzhiev, Mincho Simov and Vizhdana Mladenova, separated from the group in the Municipal Council – Smolyan and formed a new group “DPS – New Beginning“.
Almost every municipality has a municipal leadership and women's associations, in Smolyan we also formed a youth association, but the most organized structure is in the municipality of Nedelino, said Hari Malinov. A few days ago, a meeting of the party's regional council was held in Smolyan, which includes 29 people. Malinov added that they reviewed the cultural calendar for the month of May and set deadlines for structuring women's and youth associations where there are none yet.