site.btaThere Is Such a People Floor Leader Yordanov Sees No Issue With Bulgaria Joining Trump’s Board of Peace

There is no problem with Bulgaria joining US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, There Is Such a People (TISP) Floor Leader Toshko Yordanov said in a television interview on Friday.

Asked whether that support was linked to a wish of MRF Chair Delyan Peevski, Yordanov said Peevski could decide things and his party could want all sorts of things. “As for the line that he is saving himself from Magnitsky, I want to know exactly how this president can be influenced by one decision or another of some political party,” Yordanov said.

He added that he was not commenting on the decision of Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – New Beginning or of GERB. Parties should be ready for elections whatever condition they are in, Yordanov also said. The election result will be what it will be. Elections are not a problem for us, he said.

He added that in the current government TISP had achieved many things it believed were right and that had been goals and conditions for the party’s participation in government.

No party in government is gaining support; all are losing popularity, Yordanov said. He argued that public expectations are high and people want immediate results, even though change takes time. According to him, achievements often go unnoticed. Yordanov also said he views many journalists and media outlets as political mouthpieces and has serious doubts about their role. He added that the overall media environment does not always focus on the key problem or its solution.

It may have been a mistake not to form a minority government when we had the largest parliamentary group, or to govern with those we later helped bring down, Yordanov also said. He said his party had acted responsibly after the last elections by joining the government and helping resolve a number of problems, but was now being blamed for having taken part. Yordanov added that every party makes compromises when entering government with others. Even if it might have been better for his party to stay in opposition, it had faced both a practical and a moral choice, he said.

Asked whether Bulgaria risked losing funds under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) because of failed meetings of the parliamentary energy committee, Yordanov said the quorum did not depend on his party’s representative. He said the State would lose money only for the specific project in question if the law was not passed. According to Yordanov, the bill lacked political support. He added that even when his party was in government with its then partners, GERB and BSP-United Left, there had been disagreements. In a normal political process, he said, they would have tried to amend the law.

“The Recovery and Resilience Plan is very poorly drafted,” Yordanov said. He added that a government represented by [Continue the Change Chair] Assen Vassilev had designed the plan to suit itself and included measures that were unnecessary.