site.btaGERB Leader Borissov: Current Battle Is over Position of Fierce Opposition

At present, the battle is who will take the position of fierce opposition, GERB leader Boyko Borissov commented during the presentation of GERB-UDF's MP candidates in Sofia on Thursday. He is the formation's top-of-the-list candidate in the 25th constituency. "During these months, I managed to study our partners well, the class is in our favour," he noted. "We are talking about a new social contract," he added.

In Borissov's words, the State is currently very divided: there's the President's group, Vazrazhdane, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB). "Where is the National Assembly's motto, 'Unity Makes Strength'?" he asked. According to him, the CC-DB leaders' statements from the last several days eliminated the possibility for a centre-right government. The MRF say they can work with GERB but not with CC-DB and Vazrazhdane, thus excluding themselves from the game, Borissov noted. The current battle is over who will be fierce opposition, he added.

"If we have 121 MPs, we will form a government, I will become prime minister. If CC-DB have 121 MPs, I will applaud them, and the same goes for Vazrazhdane, Slavi Trifonov's party [There Is Such a People]," Borissov also said.