Bulgaria PM: We Could Have Just Appointed Fandakova for Mayor

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has suggested that the capital could have gone without the elections for mayor, with the victory of the new mayor Yordanka Fandakova being that predictable.

“We could just appoint Yordanka Fandakova for mayor of Sofia and not waste money for elections,” Boyko Borisov, who is also leader of center-right GERB party, commented the results from the elections in the capital, which his party candidate won in a landslide.

In a visibly high spirits, Borisov repeated that Fandakov election is a cause for celebrations and thanked the center-right parties the Union of Democratic Forces and Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, as well as the nationalists from Ataka for their support.

He seized the chance to fire back to remarks by President Georgi Parvano, who commented on Thursday that the parties have entered into a secret coalition.

“Mr President, this is not a secret coalition, all who hate the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms have united against you,” the prime minister said.

Borisov downplayed the low electoral turnout and the withdrawal of voters in comparison with the general elections.

“The people, who are drivers of the nation – the educated and active people vote for us, they go to the voting booths just in as many numbers as are necessary for us to clinch a victory,” he explained.

“Practically today I am dethroned as a mayor of Sofia,” Borisov said, extending his gratitude to the municipality councilors from all parties for working jointly with them.

He did not miss to single out the successes of his terms as mayor, mentioning the huge number of working fountains, kindergartens and a subway passing across the city. In his words Bulgaria's only project under the Jaspers program has been implemented by Sofia municipality.

“For the sake of comparison, Romania has implemented 15 projects under the program,” he said.

The opening of the subway section from the district of Obelya to boulevard Cherni vrah by 2012, the launch of the garbage processing plant and the completion of the ringroad were singled out by Borisov among the priorities of the municipality and its new mayor.

“We are going to do all this together,” Borisov said.

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