BSP is facing another dramatic congress at a time of deep internal crisis, lack of clear leadership and a loss of trust among its traditional electorate. This was commented on by political scientist Assoc. Prof. Tatyana Burudzhieva in the studio of “The Day Live“ on Nova News, outlining the key problems facing the party and the possible migration of voters to the future political project of the current president Rumen Radev.
„The BSP cannot unite by choosing a leader, because at this moment the battle is who will line up the lists and who will be in front“, emphasized Burudzhieva. "The three main contenders - Krum Zarkov, Gabriel Valkov and the resigned Minister of Social Affairs Borislav Gutsanov, embody different intra-party tendencies, but none of them carries a clear new leftist message", the political scientist believes.
Burudzhieva recalled that historically the BSP always emerges weakened from participation in power, and intra-party clashes turn out to be “more destructive than opposition pressure“. According to her, the problem is not only personal, but also substantive - the BSP has ceased to offer consistent left-wing policies and to be a recognizable defender of social causes.
The political scientist expressed a categorical opinion that a clear left-wing platform will not emerge from a possible political project by Rumen Radev. According to her, Radev's strategy is to maintain his supra-party image of the last nine years. “He did not sound like a left-wing leader to me. We will not see a left platform from him“, Burudzhieva said.
According to her, Radev will seek support “from the left, from the right and from everywhere“, relying mainly on his majority rating and a solid electorate formed even before the party was founded.
Burudzhieva believes that some of the traditional BSP voters will logically turn to Radev, driven by disappointment with the party leadership and the feeling that he is “their president“.