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Stanishev Accuses Bulgarian Opposition of Trying to 'Hijack' Protests
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BSP leader and PES president Sergey Stanishev. Photo by BGNES
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev has accused the opposition center-right GERB of trying to use the ongoing massive anti-government protests in the country for its own purposes.
According to Stanishev, GERB are trying to “change the nature of the protests and the demands of the protesters.”
The Socialist leader reminded that GERB “cracked down on each and every display of personal opinion” during its four-year term in power (2009-2013).
The PES president also slammed the center-right party for its threats to boycott Parliament.
The nationwide protest rallies in Bulgaria were triggered by the shocking appointment of controversial media mogul Delyan Peevski as head of the country’s State Agency for National Security last week.
New rallies are to be held on Wednesday.
Bulgaria’s Parliament expectedly retracted the appointment of Peevski as head of DANS earlier on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, it emerged that Peevski had been granted access to top secret files three days before he was elected as head of DANS. It is unclear whether DANS had the legal grounds to grant him the access, according to local media.
Peevski, who runs Bulgaria's biggest newspaper and television group, was investigated for alleged corruption while serving as a Deputy Minister in the Socialist-led three-way coalition government (2005-2009), but was reinstated after the charges were dropped.
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