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The Voters' Counter-Attack
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By Milena Hristova
It may sound like an outworn quotation, but outworn it was not on the election night - all election racers got a slap in the face as people cast their ballots.
Vox populi, vox Dei.
It was the people's will that the Socialists do not gain a majority and rule Bulgaria on their own. That they do not rule together with the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms alone. It was the people's will to send a message for more unity in the fractured right-wing spectrum and that opened the way of a nationalist party to Parliament for the first time ever.
The comments of the leaders, all of whom followed the old tradition to declare themselves the "true winners", could not hide the long faces. And with good reason. A record-low voter turnout, election results that fell short of the political parties expectations and the first ever entry into Parliament of a nationalistic party were all ingredients that left a bitter taste in the politicians' mouths (with the expected exception of the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the long-time back seat ruler of the country).
The flying start of the nationalist coalition "Attack", a phenomenon and the biggest surprise in the elections, was unanimously condemned by anxious politicians and analyzers. Aggression against the status quo? The end of Bulgaria's much-famed ethnic model? A breakthrough in political system?
It seems both dangerous to either undermine the threat or overreact.
Headed by journalist Volen Siderov, the radical Attack coalition, which has pronounced itself to be a patriotic and nationalistic party, has been recently gaining support, eating into the support for the Socialists. This led to a string a consequences that makes the forming of a new government even harder - the left-wing formation lost from the sharing of the votes and even if they team up with the Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, they will not win the required minimum of 121 MPs.
For good or bad Bulgaria is not unique in letting in nationalists play a role on the political arena - recently Central and Eastern Europe has experienced a new wave of nationalism. Now it seems like the time has come for Bulgaria to have an unprecedented diverse parliament.
The bad news is that Bulgaria does not have the experience with such a fractured and multicoloured parliament. The forecasts for difficulties in forming a new government and the more far-off scenario of early elections do not sound that exaggerated now. And that may easily become a prerequisite for lack of stability, which might be fatal for Bulgaria's timely accession to the European Union.
The good news is that the new objective and updated picture of teh voters' sentiments will hopefully sober down the politicians.
It may sound like an outworn quotation, but outworn it was not on the election night - all election racers got a slap in the face as people cast their ballots.
Vox populi, vox Dei.
It was the people's will that the Socialists do not gain a majority and rule Bulgaria on their own. That they do not rule together with the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms alone. It was the people's will to send a message for more unity in the fractured right-wing spectrum and that opened the way of a nationalist party to Parliament for the first time ever.
The comments of the leaders, all of whom followed the old tradition to declare themselves the "true winners", could not hide the long faces. And with good reason. A record-low voter turnout, election results that fell short of the political parties expectations and the first ever entry into Parliament of a nationalistic party were all ingredients that left a bitter taste in the politicians' mouths (with the expected exception of the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the long-time back seat ruler of the country).
The flying start of the nationalist coalition "Attack", a phenomenon and the biggest surprise in the elections, was unanimously condemned by anxious politicians and analyzers. Aggression against the status quo? The end of Bulgaria's much-famed ethnic model? A breakthrough in political system?
It seems both dangerous to either undermine the threat or overreact.
Headed by journalist Volen Siderov, the radical Attack coalition, which has pronounced itself to be a patriotic and nationalistic party, has been recently gaining support, eating into the support for the Socialists. This led to a string a consequences that makes the forming of a new government even harder - the left-wing formation lost from the sharing of the votes and even if they team up with the Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, they will not win the required minimum of 121 MPs.
For good or bad Bulgaria is not unique in letting in nationalists play a role on the political arena - recently Central and Eastern Europe has experienced a new wave of nationalism. Now it seems like the time has come for Bulgaria to have an unprecedented diverse parliament.
The bad news is that Bulgaria does not have the experience with such a fractured and multicoloured parliament. The forecasts for difficulties in forming a new government and the more far-off scenario of early elections do not sound that exaggerated now. And that may easily become a prerequisite for lack of stability, which might be fatal for Bulgaria's timely accession to the European Union.
The good news is that the new objective and updated picture of teh voters' sentiments will hopefully sober down the politicians.
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