site.btaGERB Presents Top-of-List Candidates for October 5 Elections

Sofia, August 26 (BTA) - Traditionally, GERB leader Boyko Borissov will be the party's leading candidate in 25th
constituency in Sofia and in Plovdiv. GERB Deputy Chair and Chief of the party's campaign centre, presented the top-of-the-list candidates of this political force on Tuesday.

Tsvetanov is a leading candidate in Blagoevgrad and Veliko Turnovo. In most of the regions, there is no change of the leading candidates compared to the 2013 elections but for Montana and Gabrovo. The leading candidates in these constituencies are Dessislava Atanassova - in Montana and Tsvetomir Mihov - in Gabrovo. The previous top candidate in these constituencies was Tomislav Donchev who has been elected as MEP. The top-of-the list candidate in Pazardjik is Gen. Stoyan Tonev, in Plovdiv Region - Metodi Andreev and in Vidin - Ivailo Moskovkski. Moskovski is also a leading candidate in Sofia Region.

The other candidates, who top the GERB lists, are Lilyana Pavlova - Varna and Stara Zagora, Tsveta Karayancheva - Kurdjali, Kiril Kalfin - Kyustendil, Tsetska Tsacheva - Pleven, Plamen Nounev - Rousse, Dessislava Taneva - Sliven, Daniela Daritkova - Smolyan and Delyan Dobrev - Haskovo. Apart from Borissov, Alexander Nenkov (23rd constituency) and Roumyana Buchvarova (24th constituency) are also leading candidates in Sofia.

"Our goal is a strong Right-of-centre government led by GERB," said Tsvetanov adding that they will try to win around or over 121 seats, so as to reinstate "the right European perspective". Tsvetanov said they tried to ensure a balance between female andmale candidates in the lists. Besides, all ethnoses are represented in the GERB lists, he added.

Taking a journalist question about possible coalitions in the next parliament, Tsvetanov replied that the electorate will determine the future power-holders. If a formation wins 150,000-200,000 votes, it should not place unprincipled conditions to these having won the support of over 1 million people, according to him.

Tsvetanov also said that GERB's tenure programme will be ready by the beginning of next week.

Earlier in the day GERB said that their party and the Nikola Petkov party have signed an agreement on political partnership for the early parliamentary elections. At the elections, the Nikola Petkov party will support GERB's candidates. The two parties had signed the same agreement also for the elections for Bulgarian MEPs in May 2014.