Volen Siderov, leader of the left-wing nationalists Ataka, told journalists that his party will remain in opposition and will not participate in government consultations.

According to him, there was nothing wrong in new early elections and this was a normal part of democratic process.

“Elections are a normal process,” he said, quoted by Mediapool.bg. “There are countries who have constant elections until they stabilise themselves.”

During the press conference Siderov presented the party list of “colonisers” who, in party's opinion, have to be chased out of Bulgaria and their business to be transferred to Bulgarian owners.

On the list, among others, are the American companies Aes and ContourGlobal who own the Maritsa Iztok 1 and 3 power stations, the Canadian Dundee Precious Metals, the EDCs and Telekom Austria, owner of Bulgaria's largest mobile operator. According to Siderov, they had to be “kicked out of the country” immediately.

According to Siderov, this was the only way for Bulgaria to prosper. In his words, of all eight parties and coalitions in Parliament, only Ataka wanted this, so there was no way that his party would support the others.

“Our goal is to liberate Bulgaria from the colonial slavery and we shall support the party that wants this,” Siderov said.