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Traditional actors in the political field in Bulgaria are overshadowed by a personal qualification of two other popular figures who have recently started new political projects: showman Slavi Trifonov and former ombudsman Maya Manolova. This was commented by the sociological agency “Alpha Research” to data from a survey conducted among 1,031 Bulgarian adults at the end of September.
36% of those surveyed trust Slavi Trifonov and 32.9% trust Maya Manolova. At the same time, distrust towards the showman is 26.8% and towards the former ombudsman, 33.7%. Alpha Research is measuring the ratings of the two new political players for the first time.
GERB leader and prime minister Boyko Borissov lost almost three confidence points compared to July, with a personal rating at the end of September of 20.3%. At the same time, the opposition leader’s rating is growing and is almost the same as Borissov’s: confidence in the president of the BSP, Cornelia Ninova, is 19.8%.
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Immediately after them is the leader of “democratic Bulgaria” Hristo Ivanov, whose approval is 15.5%. And your rating was measured for the first time.
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They are followed by Krassimir Karakachanov (12.1%), Ahmed Dogan (8.2%), Valeri Simeonov (7.3%) and Veselen Mareshki (6.1%). Confidence in Karakachanov and Mareshki continues to fall, while that of Simeonov increases slightly. Dogan’s rating was measured for the first time since 2017.
At the time of the launch of “Republicans for Bulgaria”, Tsvetan Tsvetanov started with a 3% personal approval.
Both the president and the prime minister are losing credibility
The main political line of confrontation since the start of the “prime minister-prime minister” protests has led to increased distrust of both. Boyko Borissov’s losses are greater than those of Rumen Radev, commented from “Alpha Research” the data of his investigation.
The president marked a slight decrease in positive evaluations (by 1.6 percentage points), but criticism rose more strongly (by 5.7 percentage points). However, he maintains a positive balance in his personal rating with a ratio of 42% approval to 28.6% disapproval. The prime minister lost almost three new points and confidence in him fell to 20.3% and mistrust grew 6.5 points to 55.8%.
In the last three months, the ratings of both the government and parliament have been falling and distrust in these institutions continues to grow. As of September, the approval of the Council of Ministers was 12.8% and the disapproval, 59.7%. At the same time, the approval of the parliament is only 7.6%, while the disapproval is 61.1%.
Since the start of the protests, the approval of Attorney General Ivan Geshev has dropped from 13% to 12% and disapproval from 57% to 55%.
However, trust in the court and the police is increasing. Three months ago, the court’s approval was 13%, and now, 16%; Trust in the police grows three points and is now 30%.
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