site.btaMaya Manolova, Toxic Trio Sign Agreement to Share Ballot in 2021 Parliamentary Elections

December 29 (BTA) - Maya Manolova, leader of the
Izpravise.BG civic platform,  and lawyer Nikolay Hadjigenov of
the Toxic Trio signed an agreement to run together in the
parliamentary elections next spring, Manolova said on Tuesday.
The two platforms will focus on a dramatic, unconditional
increase of incomes and pensions, the judicial reform, business
support and an overhaul of the governance model.

The Toxic Trio, made up of Hadjigenov, sculptor Velislav Minekov
 and PR expert Arman Babikyan, are the self-proclaimed leaders
of the anti-government protests which have been going on for
nearly six months.

Manolova added that they agreed on joint actions before, during
and after the elections. She underscored that they agreed on six
 key priorities, such as ensuring a fair election process, joint
 lists in the upcoming elections, creating a majority to
dismantle Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's monocracy, and drawing
 up a shared governance platform based on 70 measures announced
by Izpravise.BG, which will be further expanded.

According to Hadjigenov, the agreement is the first step towards
 the creation of a broad anti-corruption coalition. "The only
way is to unite in a broad coalition, everyone against
corruption, because we are faced with a mastodon with billions,
corruption and a lot of clout," he added.

Since neither platform is registered as a political party,
Manolova explained that they will most likely run in the
elections using the registration of one of the parties involved
in Izpravise.BG.

In Manolova's words, a similar agreement to prevent election
rigging is expected to be reached in the coming weeks with Slavi
 Trifonov's There Is Such a People and with Democratic Bulgaria.
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