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“I have never withdrawn my support for Ms Ninova and I continue to support her in her efforts to turn the BSP into a strong opposition. I have repeatedly said that without a strong, united and constructive opposition, any democracy vanishes,” President Rumen Radev said. after his visit to BAS today, BGNES reported.
Are the president’s criticisms of the electoral changes justified?
Regarding the dismissal of his chief of staff, Kaloyan Metodiev, the head of state noted: “As president, my concern is to preserve the dignity and development prospects of every young person.”
Radev denied there was a reason to leave on future constitutional changes.
“There can be no difference. Everyone in the presidency helps implement my policy. Regarding the constitutional changes and the fact that they must be discussed first with the parties, you can see how the largest party, with the greatest financial resources, human and administrative, introduced a premature constitution proposal, mocking the law. I chose the other approach, “he explained.
Radev: veto
“Due to the complete exhaustion of the confidence limit in this parliament, I do not see that at this moment I have any reason to present my proposals for a change of the Constitution. I will present them when the Bulgarian parliament regains legitimacy, after the elections and can properly address this issue, “added Rumen Radev.
His veto to part of the Electoral Code, whose texts were returned by Radev For reconsideration, the head of state commented: “The lack of dialogue is with the parliament. I present detailed and reasoned reasons for the veto. They are witnessing a statement from the parliamentary platform: we will not even see the reasons, we will simply reject the president’s veto. I call this a lack of dialogue. “
The National Assembly approved in second reading the amendments to the Electoral Code
In question if he also criticizes the opposition, the president replied:
“I have been saying for a long time that my criticism is of those who govern. When they govern inefficiently, when they waste resources that are not in the interest of the people, I will always criticize. When the BSP takes power, I will criticize where things do not go well. “” I do not interfere in the affairs of either party, but I do not allow anyone to interfere in my affairs, “added the head of state.
Radev did not respond unequivocally to the question of whether he would run for a second trimester and stressed: “There is a lot of time, every day is important.”
“Bulgaria is already in crisis: political, health, economic, but the biggest is the crisis. The government pushes us to despair every day. Bulgaria collapses and becomes a negative hero in the world media space, loses legitimacy in all international institutions. “The end of fair early elections,” said the president, emphasizing that a debate is needed on a new social contract.
Today the president visited BAS
“Scientists are the people with whose help we can go on the right path. The path that will lead to prosperity and sustainable development,” said the head of state, who visited the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. , where he learned about the work of several scientific units working on a joint project.
Rumen Radev met with the management and representatives of 4 institutes: the Institute of Molecular Biology, the Institute of Microbiology, the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, the Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology with a museum and listened to various presentations on his work.
The President thanked the scientists for supporting Bulgarian science globally, thus contributing to the development of Bulgaria.
The head of state also thanked the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for its scientific and practical contribution to the fight against COVID-19.
“You have given confidence that this pandemic can be registered, controlled and controlled. However, this shows another problem: we must not take lightly our scientists and scientific activity in Bulgaria. The crisis has shown that we need constant maintenance and development of scientific capacity. The crisis has shown that we need to have high-level scientists to trust. The crisis has also shown that experience and knowledge must be updated every day. This means a state commitment, it also means serious investments, “said Rumen Radev.
The president also recalled the importance of the development of science to solve the environmental challenges facing the world today.
President Radev also visited the laboratories of the Institute of Molecular Biology, where he learned about the most modern microscopic laboratory included in the European Euro Bioimaging network.
