"We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" closed its election campaign with a march in the center of Sofia under the slogan "Strong Bulgaria in a Strong Europe". The march started from "St. Nedelya" Square and will reach the National Palace of Culture, a reporter for Novini.bg reported.
The organizers stated that the slogan of the coalition "Strong Bulgaria in a Strong Europe" is not just a slogan, but a request for a categorical direction for the development of the country, for which only "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" stand.
"We gather united by the idea of a strong Bulgaria in a strong Europe, to clearly show what choice our country faces today. Shortly after the Hungarians chose democracy over authoritarianism and courage over fear, this finale has an even clearer meaning. Their choice showed that the myth of the "strong leader", who rules through dependencies and promises of stability, does not last, and that when citizens come out to vote en masse, even seemingly unchangeable models can be overcome. The fall of the "Orban" model is a sign that when the state is replaced by corruption, dependencies and impoverishment, the citizens sooner or later take it back. This choice is also facing Bulgaria. We know this model well in our country - as a concentration of power, behind the scenes and stopping development or attempts to conduct politics "on two chairs". But there is another way - the way of Europe, of growth, of real results and a better life", the coalition points out.
"On April 19, the decision is in the hands of the people. And on April 16, on Constitution Day, we come out together not just to mark the date, but to declare that we want a normal European state, in which the law applies to everyone and the court and justice are independent and free from midgets and notaries", emphasize "Continuing the Change - Democratic Bulgaria".
"My message to the voters is to go out and vote. We have a unique chance, for the first time since 2009, to elect a new Supreme Judicial Council, a new Prosecutor General, without Borisov, without Peevski and once and for all, these two people, who weigh like an anchor on the neck of the Bulgarian state, to remain in the past. My second message is to vote wisely, because we have a choice - whether to go towards Europe, with higher salaries, higher pensions, a better life for all Bulgarian citizens, or to make another mistake, as the Hungarians did at the time with Orban, who made them poorer even than Bulgarian families, and after a while we will have to correct this mistake too. And last but not least - to walk around and see who is walking freely on the streets and who is walking with bodyguards and taking people by bus into closed halls", said the chairman of "We Continue the Change" Asen Vassilev" before the march started.
"I am here to support our friends from "We Continue the Change", because Bulgaria continues to change. Most recently, in Hungary, it was seen that the people's vote matters. Your vote matters, if you go out and vote, you can overthrow authoritarian leaders, you can end corruption“, said Svenja Hahn, the chairwoman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), who also joined the march.
"This Sunday we have a unique chance to kick Borisov and Peevski out of power forever. The only thing standing between us and a future without Borisov and Peevski is to go out and vote on Sunday, Asen Vassilev emphasized to the gathered crowd after the march reached the National Palace of Culture. "Voting on Sunday, we must clearly realize not only what we are voting against, but also what we are voting for. There, too, we have a clear outcome, which is becoming clearer with each passing day. We can vote for a strong Bulgaria in a strong Europe or for a new Orban in the European Union, who thinks that by sitting between two chairs, he will not fall to the ground. Sitting between the two chairs leads to impoverishment, to the point where no one respects you and no one trusts you. This is the wrong path for Bulgaria if we want to have a rich, prosperous and just country," added Vassilev.