Addressing the 3rd National Conference of Yes, Bulgaria on Saturday, Continue the Change (CC) co-leader Kiril Petkov called for the democratization of what he referred to as the permanent power systems. He said that rather than taking them over, "we should turn them into institutions".
In his view, the top two priorities in terms of reforms are the security services and the regulators. Petkov said the services had been setting the agenda for 30 years. "If we gradually make cracks in this system and reassure the other communities that this is right, it will be good for all," he said.
Petkov said CC and Democratic Bulgaria (DB) should set themselves realistic tasks because no one can ignore nearly one million people voting for them, just as CC-DB cannot ignore the other communities in Bulgaria.
"We represent a heterogeneous community with some common characteristics," Petkov said. "This is the community which generates added value, the free people with a shared vision for Bulgaria's European future. It is our task to be united," he said.
There is also a large community which is opposed to change out of fear that any change will harm its interests. Another community remembers its youth under communism. Still another community was very oppressed under communism, with barbaric approaches, it still bears the wounds of that time and is united, said Petkov.
"One of the big mistakes of our community is that we think we know more, we can do more, and therefore the other communities should all listen to us. I have realized that we can be the engine of Bulgaria, but its movement depends on how all these communities interact," the CC co-leader said.
Yes, Bulgaria is part of the DB coalition, a partner of Continue the Change. CC-DB and a coalition made up of GERB and the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) have scheduled negotiations on government rotation on the weekend after nine months of power sharing.
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