Kuneva: Bulgaria Suffers from 'Boykonomics'

Politics » DOMESTIC | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 14:46
Bulgaria: Kuneva: Bulgaria Suffers from 'Boykonomics' Ex EU Commissioner Kuneva has made clear her political ambitions. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's ex-EU Commissioner and current leader of a civic movement, Meglena Kuneva, has declared she is disgusted with the mishandling of the Bulgarian economy by the government of the center-right party GERB and PM Boyko Borisov.

Speaking on BNT Wednesday, Kuneva described the "failed" economic policies of the Borisov Cabinet as "Boykonomics".

"There are constant discrepancies in the economic forecasts. This is unprecedented. This is just a lack of competence," stated Kuneva, whose civic movement "Bulgaria for the Citizens" is expected to be turned into a political party before the 2013 parliamentary elections.

"I don't know how much the Bulgarian Prime Minister is really interested in the economy but we seem to be in some kind of "Boykonomics"," she said, slamming the Bulgarian Cabinet for not doing anything tangible to resolve Bulgaria's economic woes, including the soaring fuel prices.

"The Bulgarian Cabinet is the greatest trader of time; all of its activities are set for the future," Kuneva argued, adding that the political parties in Bulgaria have formed a "cartel."

"Unfortunately, the parties are forming a cartel because they make arrangements when it comes to the election of a Supreme Judicial Council (VSS). Several months ago they appointed the Inspectorate at the VSS by apportioning 4:2:1," said the ex EU Commissioner.

"This is not the democracy to which we headed in the early 1990s. No other country has seen such theft and election manipulations, no other country has such mixing of the political elite and the oligarchy. This is unique to Bulgaria," Kuneva declared.

She rejected the claims for making a political deal with four key dissenters who last week left the ranks of the rightist Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party in order to join her movement.

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Tags: Meglena Kuneva, Bulgaria for Citizens, DSB, Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, Boyko Borisov, GERB, Boykonomics

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