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The results of the first direct vote of the BSP – the day of Saint Cornelius
It was supported by 43,228 out of a total of 80,236 Socialists. However, this is 81.5% of all voters.
Prepare a new leadership, the war in the party is imminent
On St. Cornelius’s Day, Cornelia Ninova won a second term as head of the BSP. This time elected not by Congress, but directly by the Socialists.
However, Ninova was supported by half the party: 43,228 Socialists out of 80,236 party members voted for her new term. With whom she entered the history of the 130-year-old party not only as the first female president, but also
first directly
elected leader
The internal election, presented at her insistence by Congress in 2017, also showed that Ninova’s opposition in the BSP is amorphous and does not have the strength to overcome it. At least until they’re behind you.
53,806 socialists participated in the first direct election of a leader. This is 67.1% of the assets and thus the condition of legitimacy of the vote was met: 50% + 1 of all socialists to participate in it. However, questions remain about how this legitimacy was achieved. How many BSP members there were was the best kept secret of the red campaign. There was more than one scandal because of him, and in the end it became apparent only on voting day, leaving suspicions of manipulation. And they will certainly be used against the BSP whenever it doubts the fairness of the national elections.
53,019 are the actual ballots, reported the Red CCA. 81.5% of the votes go to Ninova. 7,914, or 14.9% of the Reds, voted for Kiril Dobrev and 1,118 for Krassimir Yankov, or 2.1%. Only 759 supported Valeri Zhablyanov. This is indicated by the first results obtained electronically in the red CEC. The final result will be clear after the processing of the protocols by the sectional, municipal and district commissions, so there is a triple detection.
In fact, the result for Ninova was clear beforehand: in the BSP, the leader is a sacred cow for the members, regardless of who they are. That is why the battle of his internal opposition was due to not having the legitimacy of the vote. And almost a quarter of the party did not go to the polls. The Socialists turned out to be more disciplined than some party opinion leaders expected. For example
in Plovdiv –
the strength of
one of the great
his critics –
Georgi Gergov,
exercise is 44.8%
1,026 of 2,298 members went to the polls there. Ninova won convincingly with 856 votes (83.4%) and Dobrev got 95 (9.26%). Most of the voters were retired, and the youth participated very briefly. In Stara Zagora, where Krassimir Yankov was born, 2,239 people voted for Ninova, Dobrev received 483 votes and Yankov – 83. In Dobrich, where the third in the ranking is a deputy, the leader received 70% support.
Ninova won
Convincing
Dobrev and c
his native
Gotse delchev
– with 482 to 88 votes, as well as in Blagoevgrad and most of the district municipalities. Only in Petrich the result is 186 to 134 in favor of Dobrev.
71% went to the polls in Montana, again in favor of Ninova. “The people of the BSP are older and approached the direct election of a leader with more responsibility,” explained the head of the city’s municipal organization, Kamelia Trifonova. A 92-year-old grandfather returned from Sofia to Montana to vote. The ballot was also published in Pleven by Andrey Romanov, 94, mayor of the city in the 1980s.
The leader received a record 95% support from Kardzhali. There are sections in which no other candidate has voted. In the Lovech region, they registered a record activity: 97.37% in Yablanitsa, 98.61% in Apriltsi. And in Veliko Tarnovo, those who resigned from BSP wanted to vote. “This vote restores people’s interest in the BSP,” said regional leader Petko Tyufekchiev.
About 80% of the Socialists in most of the other districts supported Ninova. Such are the results in Pazardzhik, Pleven, Smolyan, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo.
In the results, Ninova saw evidence that the party was united and no more suggestions that it was torn apart by the controversy. (What else did she say? See below).
However, the truth is that the leader received the support of half of all socialists. The BSP also has an elected president, but no winner.
“The division into
the party is
achieved a lot
high levels
The election intensifies internal divisions, and not for political reasons, because it is a competition of personalities, portraits, not political opinions, ”commented Ninova’s predecessor in the leadership position Mihail Mikov. He had not voted.
This election creates more problems for the BSP than it solves, Mikov told BNR, noting that the national opposition will not accept the result. It is expected to be discussed by the National Council on Saturday, when congressional documents are due to be adopted on September 26.
Ninova herself too
did not give a sign
that will work for
unification of
the camps
“I respect any different opinion, but we must listen to the voice of the majority,” the leader said when asked about her internal opposition. When asked how she would work with her on the National Council, Ninova explained that a new plenary session would be elected in congress in two weeks. When asked if she would make changes to the Executive Bureau and who would be on her team, Ninova said it depended on who would be the members of the National Assembly.
So it can be said that he won the battle, but the war in the BSP is yet to come. And it will be for the election of a new National Council by Congress.
The direct election in the BSP is not a precedent in our political history and it is good that Ninova is back. In 2007, there were internal elections for a leader in the UDF, but then the party disintegrated.
Cornelia Ninova:
The choice showed
that the BSP is united
and consolidated
We show how elections are made, the leader of the socialists is satisfied
“Pthe 43,228 socialists who supported me are more than half of all party members. This is the clearest proof that the party is consolidated and united. All the suggestions that the BSP is splitting up and torn apart by contradictions simply ended yesterday. “This was stated by Cornelia Ninova at her first press conference as the elected leader for a second term, after a direct vote by the Socialists.
The match has shown that he is in incredible condition, added Ninova. He explained that this is not a union behind a single person, but the approval of the BSP policy course of the last 4 years and wants it to continue in the same way: pure ideas, abandonment of behind-the-scenes agreements, fight against the mafia , caring for people and a change in the governance model. And he promised to follow this course.
“These elections were a great challenge for the party and it faced it with emotion, but also with reason and conscious responsibility. Our members have shown that the BSP is the most democratic modern European left party, “Ninova added. And the way the elections were conducted showed that the BSP is mature and has an institutional culture.” Alone, without professional administration. , without pay, voluntarily, showed how elections are held, “said the president. Thus, he responded to the statements of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Saturday that the socialists cannot organize their own elections without abuse, which is left to the nationals if the government resigns.
Ninova congratulated the participants in the voting, giving the example that the voting in more than 1,000 polling stations was ensured with the participation of 8,000 people in the internal electoral administration of the party. And the day had passed without incident, without falsified protocols, without queues of people with sacks waiting to deliver the ballots, with the rapid acceptance of the ballots on time throughout the country.
The high turnout, almost 70%, is unprecedented for Bulgaria in all types of elections, Ninova said. She added that she admires and adores the morals and strength of the socialists.
“You have shown what a real party means, alive, not subject to interests and dependencies. Thank you for the unique emotion that we experience together. You made the change in the BSP irreversible, but now we have a much bigger task ahead of us: to make the change in Bulgaria irreversible.
I know we can do it together, and I think this will happen very soon, ”Ninova addressed party members in absentia.
He congratulated all those who have exercised their right to vote, which deserves respect because they have become part of a radical historical change.
Kiril Dobrev: Our enemy is not in
party, and in the Council of Ministers
“I congratulate Cornelia Ninova on the result obtained and wish her success. Make the same effort to win the parliamentary elections. The enemy of the BSP is not in the party, but in the Council of Ministers. “Therefore, the leader’s main competitor, Kiril Dobrev, commented on the results on Sunday. He received the support of 7914 voters, 14.9%.
“After these elections, the myth that I am a candidate for the GERB and the internal opposition was disproved. The distribution of votes shows that they are out of love, not as a result of interference, “Dobrev said. He added that his campaign was aimed at the young and active generation. When asked if he recognized that the elections were fair, he replied that this was work of other BSP bodies.
“We have shown that our opinion matters and we cannot ignore it
pushed
the corner
But the #battle is coming and the #mobilization is important. We still have many obstacles to overcome and I hope to do it # together, ”he wrote on Facebook after the end of election day. And he recorded a special video addressed to his followers, in which he thanked their support. But he said his followers were under heavy pressure.
If Cornelia Ninova remains the leader, the internal scandals of the party will increase, however, another candidate for her position, Krassimir Yankov, who received 1,118 votes, warned. “The BSP will continue to be devastated by internal scandals if Cornelia Ninova continues to preside. The BSP faces accusations against supporters and party members. It seeks the enemy with a party ticket,” Yankov commented on “Europe” television. He announced that the elections will be held. performed without rules.
The BSP is in critical condition, in crisis. Ninova is very comfortable with Borisov, Yankov said.
The choice was
in advance
defective
and I cannot comment on the results, Valeri Zhablyanov told 24 Chasa. He recalled that he and Yankov had asked not to vote and criticized that the number of voters was announced only on the day of the vote. If someone agrees to hold national elections like this, I don’t know what democratic standards are in question, he said.
Half of the socialists participated in this vote, as Ninova talks about the mobilization of the left, after she failed to mobilize the socialists, asked Zhablyanov. According to her, one cannot speak of a split in the BSP, but there is a serious division over the ways of imposing decisions on the party and the attempt at ideological replacement. I have a feeling that this is a new party, some of my colleagues are talking about a revolutionary change, behind which I hope there is no movement of the BSP to the right, added Zhablyanov.
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