A debate in an unprecedented situation. For an hour and a half on bTV, key political players had the opportunity to present their ideas for governance after Sunday’s elections. The defense of the platforms began with a surprise.
Without warning and in violation of the rules for the great debate agreed with all participants, “Let’s keep the change” changed their representative. Instead of Venko Sabrutev, party leader Kiril Petkov surprisingly came to the studio.
This caused the displeasure of the teams of the other political representatives, and the participants of GERB briefly became two: Denitsa Sacheva and Tomislav Donchev.
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“I came when Venko couldn’t come, but notice that there are two candidates here on my right, apparently because they are afraid. There is no one better than PP to address Bulgarian voters but me. Venko Sabrutev has personal reasons for he couldn’t come, “Petkov explained.
“I realized this was a free event and I was 15 minutes from here, and I decided to come,” Donchev replied.
A pause followed on both sides.
“The political confrontation, the debate on ideas, principles, goals, programs is extremely important, but first there is another conversation – about the rules. If we can’t follow the rules, where are all our promises, goals. , priorities and programs. Imagine, for example, that you have organized a debate on the topic “Health”. “If we had sent Professor Angelov, and after 10 minutes the debate would have revealed itself on the topic of the ‘gas crisis'”, Donchev asked.
For her part, Denitsa Sacheva told Petkov: “You do not respect the rules, the laws, the constitution and you have decided that you can do whatever you want.”
Petkov asked: “Where is Mr. Borisov hiding, he is your leader, why didn’t he come?” The Bulgarian people have the right to know who will lead after 2 October and, if one of us cannot come, it is more correct to send the leader “.
From the very beginning, it became clear that leaders could not participate, the debate was not a leadership debate, explained host Maria Tsantsarova.
Tomislav Donchev and Denitsa Sacheva left the bTV studio in protest.
The debate took place on the main issues for the company. War and energy, income, prices and inflation.
The invitation was extended to all parliamentary parties represented in the 47th National Assembly with the opportunity to present their ideas, messages, decisions and arguments to a wide audience.
Location of bTV
bTV organizes all pre-election debates with clear rules for parties and expects them to follow after an invitation to participate has been accepted and confirmed by all.
Given the situation, the only option for the TV crew was to start the debate with the candidates for people’s representatives who wish to continue in this format with the representatives of the other parties present live in the studio.
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