site.btaVMRO Party Suggests Bulgaria, North Macedonia Should Form Federation
ESD 14:48:01 13-02-2022
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108 POLITICS - VMRO PARTY - DECLARATION - NORTH MACEDONIA
VMRO Party Suggests Bulgaria,
North Macedonia
Should Form Federation
Sofia, February 13 (BTA) - The VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement party has issued a declaration saying that Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia have a common historical and cultural heritage and this is their future course. One of the items focuses on Bulgaria's policy towards North Macedonia, the party said after its 8th congress, which was held in Sofia on Saturday.
The EU integration of the Republic of North Macedonia is predicated on acknowledgement of the historical truth, of the Bulgarian roots of today's population and the protection of its rights. VMRO urges the governments and political organizations of Bulgaria and North Macedonia to form a federation between the two countries based on their common cultural and historical heritage and common geopolitical interests.
The document lists 14 priorities of which VMRO is a guarantor, including security, education, health care and access to culture for all Bulgarians; energy independence based on the construction of new capacity (including nuclear capacity); a working economy and fair rules for business; constitutional revisions ensuring broader powers of the President, majoritarian voting and referendums; disenfranchising illiterate people and those who do not meet their oblogations to the State; and non-intervention of NGOs receiving foreign financing in Bulgaria's religious affairs and education.
The VMRO elected three chairpersons at its congress. After 25 years at the helm, leader Krassimir Karakachanov resigned after the party won just over 1 per cent of the votes in the November 14, 2021 elections.
The delegates voted unanimously in favour of the new chairpersons: Angel Dzhambazki, Iskren Vesselinov and Alexander Sidi. Until now, Dzhambazki was the party's deputy chair and is an MEP for a second term, Vesselinov was also deputy chair, and Sidi was a member of the national leadership. Organization secretary Yulian Angelov was elected Secretary General.
Opening the congress, Karakachanov said the country was going through hard times due to COVID and the economic crisis. Reviewing the past three years, he said that as part of the power-sharing coalition in the Boyko Borissov cabinet, VMRO kept a hard line which "prevented a setback in the relations with North Macedonia". DD
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DD1444ES.108
108 POLITICS - VMRO PARTY - DECLARATION - NORTH MACEDONIA
VMRO Party Suggests Bulgaria,
North Macedonia
Should Form Federation
Sofia, February 13 (BTA) - The VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement party has issued a declaration saying that Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia have a common historical and cultural heritage and this is their future course. One of the items focuses on Bulgaria's policy towards North Macedonia, the party said after its 8th congress, which was held in Sofia on Saturday.
The EU integration of the Republic of North Macedonia is predicated on acknowledgement of the historical truth, of the Bulgarian roots of today's population and the protection of its rights. VMRO urges the governments and political organizations of Bulgaria and North Macedonia to form a federation between the two countries based on their common cultural and historical heritage and common geopolitical interests.
The document lists 14 priorities of which VMRO is a guarantor, including security, education, health care and access to culture for all Bulgarians; energy independence based on the construction of new capacity (including nuclear capacity); a working economy and fair rules for business; constitutional revisions ensuring broader powers of the President, majoritarian voting and referendums; disenfranchising illiterate people and those who do not meet their oblogations to the State; and non-intervention of NGOs receiving foreign financing in Bulgaria's religious affairs and education.
The VMRO elected three chairpersons at its congress. After 25 years at the helm, leader Krassimir Karakachanov resigned after the party won just over 1 per cent of the votes in the November 14, 2021 elections.
The delegates voted unanimously in favour of the new chairpersons: Angel Dzhambazki, Iskren Vesselinov and Alexander Sidi. Until now, Dzhambazki was the party's deputy chair and is an MEP for a second term, Vesselinov was also deputy chair, and Sidi was a member of the national leadership. Organization secretary Yulian Angelov was elected Secretary General.
Opening the congress, Karakachanov said the country was going through hard times due to COVID and the economic crisis. Reviewing the past three years, he said that as part of the power-sharing coalition in the Boyko Borissov cabinet, VMRO kept a hard line which "prevented a setback in the relations with North Macedonia". DD
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