Not only Borislav Gutsanov and Atanas Zafirov are participating in the race for the leadership of the BSP. A total of 17 people have run, and among them there are people who are much more prepared intellectually, organizationally, administratively and are far more advanced. Even one Sergey Stanishev, if you like. But the current situation is the one that places Gutsanov and Zafirov as the frontrunners for the BSP leader. Still, I don't know if it impresses you, but these people are in power, they are ministers, deputy prime ministers and from this position they have a richer set of tools to convince the delegates. My expectation is that the direct election at the BSP congress will be canceled. In other words, 900 people will determine the future chairman. And this is exactly what gives Borislav Gutsanov and Atanas Zafirov the opportunity to deploy a wider range of persuasion tools. Look how softly I said it. This was announced to Lili Marinkova in the studio “FACTI“ and the show “Conversation“ by the socialist Petar Vitanov, a former MEP.
“For me, things do not come down to who will become the chairman of the BSP, because this is a party that has a 130-year history. The question is how the BSP will leave the government. I was among the people who did not support the BSP being in government. It is clear, and history shows this, that a party that has been in coalition with GERB over the past 15 years has always ceased to exist. All of GERB's partners have ended – RZS, Reformist Bloc, “Volya“, “Ataka“, etc. And here comes the question of how the BSP will get out of this situation”, Vitanov also shared.
"When a party is in government, it always suffers losses. This is also valid for the BSP, which was the leader in the Triple Coalition. The Triple Coalition was a successful government, in which we had a strengthening of social measures, investments of 5 billion per year, there was progress in every respect. The BSP entered this government with about 1.2 million supporters, and then they dropped to 750,000. So now, if we take the cumulative consequences that the BSP will have after leaving the government with GERB, for me they would be very severe. In order to save the situation, the BSP must achieve results in this government. It remains to be seen if it will succeed…“, the guest added.
See more of the conversation in the VIDEO.