29 Oct 2010 / 15:57
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov announced today the formation of a new civil movement, a move that could lead to a serious reshuffle of the country's political scene on the left.
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov announced today the formation of a new civil movement, a move that could lead to a serious reshuffle of the country's political scene on the left.
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov announced today the formation of a new civil movement, a move that could lead to a serious reshuffle of the country's political scene on the left.
Boryana Dzhambazova
Bulgarians will learn more about the initiative, which will include a broad spectrum of teachers, doctors, mayors and politicians, on November 11, Parvanov told reporters after an economic forum held in Sofia.
Observers suspect that Parvanov is planning to transform the civil movement into his own party when he finishes his term in office in 2011. At the moment the law does not allow the president to be a member of a political party.
Parvanov, once a member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, needs a new vehicle to extend his political life, and he might have significant success with the move, analysts believe.
Boryana Dimitrova, sociologist and managing director of the Sofia-based Alpha Research agency, said that the new project could lead to a reshuffle in the left-of-centre political arena.
“A potential movement initiated by the president could be supported by left-wing voters. 65 per cent of those who say they would back such a project are current supporters of the Bulgarian Socialist Party,” she told Balkan Insight.
Currently, the ruling centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, is the largest party in the country, while the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedom, supported by the ethnic Turkish minority, are the main opposition parties.
Parvanov was first elected president in 2001 and is currently serving his second term.
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