PM Boyko Borissov sacks four ministers in attempt to calm protests
Passing the two-week mark of antigovernment protests across the country, PM Boyko Borissov sacked four ministers.
Borissov promised protesters that the government will not resign but instead will undergo a deep reconstruction. Apparently, this is what he meant. The three ministers he asked to resign last week, then pulled back, are in the pool, together with the surprising addition of Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova.
Angelkova is arguably one of leased liked ministers by the protesters but this is the first time her name came up.
The other three – now former Finance Minister Vladislav Gouranov, Minister of Interior Mladen Marinov and Minister of Economy Emil Karanikolov were initially named for being “Delyan Peevski’s ministers”.
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) MP and media mogul Delyan Peevski is seen as the central figure of corruption and connection to oligarch interest in a number of governments over the past decade. Three of those have been led by Borissov, one by Plamen Oresharski and GERB’s parliamentary opposition, the Bulgarian Socialist Party. Seven years ago, thousands protested against Oresharski’s government for more than a year before it finally stepped down. The event, which ignited the protests back in 2013 was the appointment of Peevski as head of the State Agency for National Security.
Borissov promised protesters that the government will not resign but instead will undergo a deep reconstruction. Apparently, this is what he meant. The three ministers he asked to resign last week, then pulled back, are in the pool, together with the surprising addition of Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova.
Angelkova is arguably one of leased liked ministers by the protesters but this is the first time her name came up.
The other three – now former Finance Minister Vladislav Gouranov, Minister of Interior Mladen Marinov and Minister of Economy Emil Karanikolov were initially named for being “Delyan Peevski’s ministers”.
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) MP and media mogul Delyan Peevski is seen as the central figure of corruption and connection to oligarch interest in a number of governments over the past decade. Three of those have been led by Borissov, one by Plamen Oresharski and GERB’s parliamentary opposition, the Bulgarian Socialist Party. Seven years ago, thousands protested against Oresharski’s government for more than a year before it finally stepped down. The event, which ignited the protests back in 2013 was the appointment of Peevski as head of the State Agency for National Security.
Източник: mediapool.bg
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