A few days before the start of the political campaign for the next elections, there is no definitive answer to the question of whether the president will participate in the elections. This postponement until the last moment and wondering whether there will be such a new party and leader is largely eroding the status of the Bulgarian president. This was stated by political scientist Prof. Ognyan Minchev to bTV, quoted by news.bg
According to him, wondering until the last moment whether we will see Rumen Radev in the early elections is further eroding the legitimacy of the institution of the presidency. This is the most worrying aspect of the situation and if for so long there has been speculation that the president may end his second term early and if this happens, there will be clarity regarding the way in which the party system will really function, commented Prof. Ognyan Minchev.
According to him, it is necessary for new parties and political forms to emerge for those people who do not recognize the current political parties. "The Bulgarian political system needs new political platforms and proposals, but the question is to what extent they will be able to convince citizens that they are offering them a change in the public interest", Minchev pointed out.
He also compared President Rumen Radev to former Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who was also asked whether he would be a candidate for Prime Minister.
Ognyan Minchev called for changes in the election rules, not for the current elections, but for the next or the one after that.