Bulgarian Socialists Vow No Mercy for 'Traitors'

Politics » DOMESTIC | January 14, 2014, Tuesday // 14:07
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Socialists Vow No Mercy for 'Traitors' Key BSP lawmaker Maya Manolova. Photo by BGNES

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will close all doors for any of its members who decide to run in elections as part of another entity, BSP officials said on Tuesday.

The warning came after former President Georgi Parvanov announced his plans for an alternative  left-wing EU election list, a move that triggered fears of serious rift within the ruling Bulgarian Socialists.

Ivaylo Kalfin, MEP and former Foreign Minister (2005-2009), is expected to head the EU election ticket of Parvanov’s ABV movement.

“They are experienced politicians and they should be aware of what they are doing to BSP,” key BSP lawmaker Maya Manolova told reporters, referring to Parvanov and Kalfin.

Manolova reiterated that the opposition center-right GERB party of former PM Boyko Borisov would benefit from the move.

Key Bulgarian Socialist Party officials have already condemned Parvanov and Kalfin as “traitors.”

Parvanov has assured that no members of ABV intend to leave BSP, adding that he does not seek to form a new party.

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Tags: Maya Monolova, BSP, ABV, Georgi Parvanov, Ivaylo Kalfin, Socialists

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