site.btaBoyko Borissov: Sofia Mayor Terziev Should Stay to Show What Continue the Change and Yes, Bulgaria Governance Looks Like

GERB leader Boyko Borissov said Tuesday that unlike other party leaders who call for the resignation of Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev over an ongoing waste crisis, he believes Terziev should remain in office until the end of his term so that people can see "what happens when Continue the Change and Yes, Bulgaria are in charge". Borissov was speaking in a live Facebook broadcast from the southern city of Stara Zagora.

Continue the Change and Yes, Bulgaria are two of the three partners in the Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria coalition. The third is DSB, which Borissov left out in his comment. 

Several boroughs of Bulgaria's capital have been experiencing waste collection issues since October 2025. The crisis began in the boroughs of Lyulin and Krasno Selo after Sofia City Hall refused to sign new waste collection contracts over inflated prices. At the time, Mayor Terziev said that Sofia Municipality would not pay a protection racket fee and would not yield to “mafia practices”. In early December, Izgrev, Poduyane, and Slatina joined the list of boroughs with disrupted waste collection. A temporary collection system has been in force since. During the first days of 2026, citizens reported difficulties with waste collection in several areas, including the Lyulin, Poduyane, and Slatina boroughs. City Hall representatives said the backlog in collection in critical areas of Sofia will be cleared. 

“Every day, the people of Sofia should understand what they voted for,” Borissov added. He also said that in the Sofia City Council, GERB supports the “mayor’s structures” and the increase in parking fees, so that Terziev has no excuses. Borissov recalled that when the waste crisis in the capital began, the outgoing Minister of Justice, Georgi Georgiev, sent prisoners to help with the cleanup, but Terziev later said that no additional help was needed. “Now you can see what the situation is,” Borissov added.

The parties that demand the resignation of the Sofia Mayor are There Is Such a People, MRF - New Beginning, BSP - United Left and Vazrazhdane. All of them except Vazrazhdane are partners in, or support the outgoing Government of Rosen Zhelyazkov.