„Who or anyone should remain in the government, this is solely the judgment of Rumen Radev, not anyone else“. Ivan Shishkov stated this in the program „120 minutes“ in response to a question whether ministers from Andrey Gyurov's caretaker cabinet will remain in the regular government, which will form the winner of the elections on April 19 „Progressive Bulgaria“.
Shishkov was Minister of Regional Development in the caretaker governments appointed by Rumen Radev.
He emphasized that the expectations for a full majority of the formation in the 52nd parliament were present even before the vote.
„Yes, we expected it. If "You remember, we said categorically that we expect to have a full majority. And not because the sociology was wrong, but because the most real sociology is the one that we saw live," Shishkov pointed out.
According to him, people were afraid to openly declare their support, but in the end they expressed it in the elections.
According to him, the difference between the forecasts and the real results is due precisely to this fear: “The difference between the sociological surveys and the election results is the fear that the oligarchy had created in Bulgaria.“
Shishkov emphasized that the main priority for the new government will be judicial reform.
“I cannot imagine that political forces that declared so seriously that they want a change in the model will not support the change of the Supreme Judicial Council,“ he said and added that society expects this reform from years.
On the topic of the work of the institutions and the fairness of the elections, he noted the role of the Ministry of Interior: “We should thank the actions of the Ministry of Interior, because they were extremely good and adequate and helped the vote to be relatively fair.“
Economic challenges were also among the highlights of the conversation. Shishkov emphasized the need for strategic management: “From now on, the management of the state must become a strategy. All measures will be taken after a deep analysis, not piecemeal.“
Regarding inflation, he stated that the problem is not new and the crisis began long before the war in Iran, and now “we are reaping the fruits“.
Regarding infrastructure projects, Shishkov again raised the topic of the “Hemus“ highway, defining it as “the highway of corruption“.
He recalled that he had personally filed signals to the prosecutor's office about the “Hemus“ motorway as a regional minister and announced that he hoped the prosecutor's office would do its job.
“People are already losing patience to find out who brought us here – why we don't have roads and why there is no money for them“, announced the representative of “Progressive Bulgaria“.