Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) floor leader Delyan Peevski, who was participating in a meeting of the Security Council with the Council of Ministers here on Thursday, told reporters after leaving the meeting that a new coalition will be formed by Vazrazhdane, the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Continue the Change. Peevski labelled the formation the "Putin Coalition", as it protects Russian President Vladimir Putin's interest to continue the derogation for Russian oil.
The MRF leader said: "An extremely useless meeting, a waste of time for us. We did not hear any arguments why this derogation should continue and not be stopped". He said that the continued derogation is to blame for funding "the criminal Russian regime with hundreds of millions from Bulgaria".
Peevski criticized the meeting for lacking clarity, as claims were made that the derogation should continue until March 2024, although no specific reasons were offered for that. He added: "It became obvious that there will be a vote in Parliament. CC-DB [Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria] said that they will defend their March deadline. We'll see how the vote goes and whether the Bulgarian Parliament and Government are run from Moscow".
Peevski alleged that the National Customs Agency had violated the sanctions against Russia, as it failed to control where Russian oil was sent. His party will submit an alert to the prosecution service and the State Agency for National Security for what he called a "monstrous scam" on Friday. "The Bulgarian people were completely wronged by this derogation and received nothing from it, while the criminal Russian regime enriched itself under the benevolent gaze of the Bulgarian Government," Peevski said.
/RY/
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