“Honestly, I didn’t like the first prime minister nominated by ITN. Yes, I do not like Niki Vassilev. Just because he knows seven languages doesn’t mean he’s not corrupt. I have been in the field for a long time and I have been involved in politics for 30 years. Since 2004, when he was minister three times, pre-accession funds have been in place. My colleagues from Podkrepa and I were extremely interested in what would happen and what would be done. The first tranche for e-government was 190m euros. Vassilev was deputy prime minister and was responsible for these issues. But not a single project was seen on them. It is not a question of having an e-government, but of starting it. The money is gone. And not just them. We had pre-accession funds for many things. Nothing happened. This is my personal opinion. I don’t oblige anyone with it. ” This was stated in the show “Drive straight” by Mika Zaykova from “There is such a people”.
She rejected the claim that she did not like Nikolay Vassilev because he was opposed to the budget update. “My colleagues and I worked for two years on the ITN program, we presented it to the people and that’s why they voted for us. So many people did not vote for us, just because they like Slavi Trifonov. This is absurd. 500,000 people cannot vote for one person. Suddenly Mr. Nikolay Vassilev arrives and says: “Here, I am carrying a program”. It had nothing to do with the tax policy we talked about with colleagues. It had nothing to do with the social policy we had in mind. Naturally, there is no way you can accept a person who has come from outside, put the program on you and tell you what policy to do. Sorry, but we are a parliamentary republic, not a prime minister. The trick with the prime ministerial republics is over “, Zaykova is categorical.
According to her, the claim that the budget did not need to be updated is complete nonsense. “You can’t manage crises without money. I can promise that if I am in this parliament and in the party’s economic team, there will be no tax increase in the next three years. We will not raise taxes – we will increase collection. With no one to steal and make billions out, the money is enough. Bulgaria is rich “, she is categorical.
“I was not a good concubine after the lives of both the 45th and 46th parliaments were so short. However, the problem is not in the bell I rang in plenary. The problem is that before I rang the bell at both parliaments, I took the oath. And everyone swore in Bulgaria and in the interests of the people. It seems that they forgot it immediately after that “, said the MP from the last two National Assemblies.
According to her, even in the previous elections, the people clearly said three things to the deputies: “First:” I want change! “Therefore, she gave more votes to the parties of change. work together “. And the third thing he told them about the low turnout was: “I’m tired of elections. Stop the elections. “But no one heard what the people said,” she said.
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Zaikova pointed out that the 46th parliament has done something more important than updating the budget. “In the recent history of Bulgaria, governments always carry the budget, MPs raise their hand and approve it. We brought a change in this parliament and reshaped it, because there was a group of people who are specialists. And we succeeded. There was no word in the caretaker government’s budget about the migrant crisis, and it is at our door. The COVID crisis was in its infancy, and the most vulnerable groups were forgotten. These, apart from the pensioners, are the children and the mothers with the children, the people with disabilities, who receive ridiculous yellow pennies “, stressed Zaikova.
She added that in the 46th National Assembly there were a lot of people with more “ego than intelligence” and that is why most of the deputies “forgot their oath” and got into a fight before learning their names. “Another reason for this to happen is that they just didn’t know how to make politics. And politics is made with dialogue and a reasonable compromise, “Zaikova commented.
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“I have not participated in ITN’s political negotiations with other parties. I participated in the expert talks. There was nothing we could not compromise on. We have cleared the main priorities. We agreed on the main policies – not only ours, but also those of our colleagues. The working groups worked well and I did not expect this to happen “, the MP does not hide his surprise.
Regarding the conditions set by ITN for the formation of a cabinet, Mika Zaykova said: “There are minority governments all over Europe. When you agree with your colleagues what the priorities are, what policies you will make and agree to support you, you can say that you take full responsibility and will bear all the negatives. It’s not about conditions. What we talked about in advance was about priorities and policies. Nobody set a condition for anyone, ”Zaikova said.
Nikolay Vassilev commented for NOVA that he respects Mika Zaykova very much, but she was not well informed on the specific topic. Vassilev explained that in 2004 he did not deal with e-government, but was Minister of Transport.
Watch the whole interview in the video.
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