Bulgaria's former President Georgi Parvanov has made a new move interpreted as part of his bid to regain the leadership of the Bulgarian Socialist Party by sending a letter to its plenum.

Parvanov, who was the chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party before getting elected to the Bulgarian Presidency in 2001, was the one to point to his successor Sergey Stanishev (Prime Minister in 2005-2009), who is still the Socialist leader and is currently interim President of the Party of European Socialists.

As he completed his two terms as President of Bulgaria in January 2012, Parvanov has given indications that his political future will focus on heading the Socialist Party once again; he has already restored his party membership.

As the Socialists held a plenum of their National Council on Saturday, the big question mark was whether the ex President will show up.

Parvanov chose not to attend the event but sent a letter to the Socialist leadership, making clear his intention to get involved in the party's activities.

Some of the BSP National Council members have interpreted Parvanov's letter as evidence that he will challenge Stanishev for the party chair seat on the 48th Congress of the Socialists, which has just been scheduled to take place on May 19-20, 2012.

In his epistolary message to the Socialists, Parvanov indicates five major problems that the party needs to resolve, in his view.

A key problem is said to be how BSP can defeat Bulgaria's center-right rulers from PM Borisov's GERB party in a way that will allow the Socialists to form a "stable and convincing" government.

Parvanov deems another problem to be the need to find a way to cope with the "legacy" of the "weak and harmful" government of the GERB party. The need to overcome the economic crisis is also mentioned as a major issue.

"Are we capable of outlining a clearer strategic horizon for the nation (not only until 2020 but also beyond that," Parvanov asks in his letter.

In conclusion, the ex President makes clear his resolve to defend his own legacy and the decisions that he made during his two five-year terms as head of state "against the continuing aggressive attacks."

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