Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov commented on the possibility to trigger an impeachment procedure, the political debate, future of the Bulgarian ambassador in Turkey and the U.S., and situation around the Oil-for-Food program.
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov answered questions by journalists concerning the rightist parties’ call for impeachment, the political debate, future of the Bulgarian ambassadors to the U.S. and Turkey.
“I confess I planned to save myself the commentaries and polemics but the gloves are off – and I do not mean only the unacceptable tone. I mean that the international field has been used for attacks against president’s institution”, President Georgi Parvanov said at a briefing on Thursday.
Parvanov reminded that no one has ever dared to say a word about internal issues concerning Bulgaria when being abroad.
“What happens over the last days is ridiculous both from legal and political point of view. There were around 5-6 attempts to oust the president over arguments, which we now hear from political parties. The goal is obvious – to keep high oppositional pathos. But these are parties in the government. It is hard to be in the power and to have oppositional elements in the government at one and the same time”, the president said.
“At the forum with young people we never mentioned a name of a person from the government or from any political party. The fact that someone regards the general evaluations as personal ones is a matter of their own concern”, added President Georgi Parvanov.
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