site.btaSocialist Leader Ninova Votes for Peace, Social Justice, End to Parallel State

"I voted for peace, for social justice, for an end to assemblages [a referrence to the previous powerholders], to deals made in the dark, and to the parallel state that rules over the legitimate one at the moment, to have order, stability for Bulgaria and security in every Bulgarian home," Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Korneliya Ninova said after casting her vote at the 25th Petar Beron Primary School in Sofia.

At the European elections, she said she voted for people for whom the Bulgarian interest stands first.

In response to a question, Ninova explained that she had chosen to vote by paper ballot because she considered it more secure. She expects that the turnout will be slightly above the previous one in the last elections, saying that she draws this conclusion from her tours around the country. Higher turnout means higher legitimacy, the BSP leader said.

According to her, after these elections everything possible should be done to have a cabinet because Bulgaria needs stability. "This political instability has many consequences for all of us, so I hope there will be reason and there will be a cabinet," Ninova added.

In order to be successful and to last, the government must be non-partisan, expert, time-bound and programmatic, the BSP leader added.

Asked whether the caretaker government is managing with organizing the elections, Ninova said that so far there were not many alerts from the morning, but during the campaign there were many signals of pressure and vote buying.