site.btaThere Will Be No Elections, MRF-New Beginning Leader Peevski Says

Speaking to reporters in the corridors of Parliament on Friday, MRF–New Beginning leader Delyan Peevski said that there would be no early parliamentary elections. “There will be no elections. I said that a long time ago,” he stressed.

“I have only one thing to say to Uncle Rumen: cancel the catering and the champagne. The party’s off,” Peevski added.

"Uncle Rumen" is President Rumen Radev, whom Peevski has consistently been referencing by his given name recently. The references to “catering,” “champagne,” and “party” are apparently a metaphor for the election victory that Peevski believes President Radev is anticipating through the creation of his own political party.

Peevski has consistently accused the President of using the resources of his office to work for establishing and building his own party.

The government skipped its weekly meeting this week and Parliament has been unable to secure quorum for a third day now and is not sitting. That is exactly three days after Borissov said that the GERB deputies should head for their constituencies to meet with people. It was his reaction to the outcome of local elections in Pazardzhik where MRF-New Beginning emerged as the leading force and GERB slumped to the sixth position. "I see no place for GERB in such a government. We are the sixth-largest force," he said on October 14, triggering talk of imminent early elections.