Well-bred, well-connected and impeccably tailored, ex-King Simeon II is by most accounts a prince of a fellow and many people in Bulgaria think he would make an excellent president or prime minister for their beleaguered country, article in Chicago Tribune, reads. With parliamentary elections less than two weeks away, all polls show Simeon leading the UDF ruling coalition and the other opposition parties by wide margins. It is not quite clear, however, if the former king is actually a candidate. His campaign headquarters said he would clarify the role he intends to play with an announcement sometime this week. Does this mean Bulgaria is about to become the first post-communist country in Eastern Europe to restore its monarchy?, the authors asks. Till now Simeon has been said only that restoration of the monarchy `is not on the agenda at this time.` If all of this sounds a bit vague, polite vagueness appears not only to be a prerogative of noblesse, but also a winning campaign strategy. One thing seems sure, Bulgaria`s already shaky political system is about to undergo a royal upheaval, the author states.

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