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The Movement of Rights and Freedom's voters are sick and tired of the party's autocratic ways and are going to show that on upcoming municipal and presidential elections in the fall, according to ex-vice-chair of the Movement Kasim Dal.
Dal, a former top functionary of the Bulgarian ethnic Turkish party, left its leadership in February and was expelled from all senior positions after voicing sharp criticism about the internal life of his party and in particular the overpowering role of leader Ahmed Dogan.
Dal's ousting was followed by that of Korman Ismailov, a young and promising MP of the movement, and has signalled a possible rift within the party, which has enjoyed a stable following ever since its foundation in the late 1980s.
"The Movement's voters are fed up with 4 or 5 people making the important decisions for them and on the next elections they are going to act accordingly," commented Dal in an interview for bTV.
He further recounted that in many regions ordinary people are made dependent on economic and business structures tied to the Movement and thus are fearing for their livelihood should they break ranks with the party.
"Some were told that they're going to lose their jobs if they met me," said the renegade.
The former vice-chair further reiterated that he does not want to break away from the Movement or found an alternative party, but he would rather much like to transform it from the inside and clean it from authoritative-minded leaders, in particular such connected with communist-era State Security.
Dal commented that during the two decades of its existence the Movement has created its own "immune system" that keeps those in power and systematically throws out those raising a critical voice - something he hopes to change.
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