site.btaNew Socialist Leader Says His Election Was "Victory over Apathy and Surrender"

Krum Zarkov described his election as Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader on Saturday evening as "a victory over apathy and over the sense of surrender" rather than a victory of one leader over another. After his election during the 51st BSP Congress, Zarkov said in a statement that the party still has vigour and strength. He vowed to take "swift actions" with the help of his supporters.

The new Socialist leader went on to state: "Every Bulgarian citizen should know from now on that there is a party in Bulgaria that has traditions and a future, in which democracy is not just a word or merely a procedure but a way of functioning. There are mistakes, there is accountability for those mistakes, there is respect, and this is the normal political process, a process that should soon take hold across Bulgaria. And if until yesterday people were pointing fingers at us, today they should hold us up as an example. We will spread a different way of doing politics throughout the country."

Closing the BSP Congress, Zarkov proclaimed that "a new day is dawning."