„Every effort should be made to ensure that the composition, activities and format of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Affairs do not cause controversy and division.“
This was stated by the co-chairman of „We continue the change Democratic Bulgaria“ Hristo Ivanov from the parliamentary rostrum and proposed the reconstruction of the Constitutional Commission in order to have a real effect of its work. He stressed that it is different from all other commissions and its success cannot be put at risk because of one or a few people.
According to the political leader, when filling in the composition of the commission, one political force approached the joke, another covertly assisted the election with its non-participation, and the largest parliamentary group of GERB-SDS imagines the constitution of majorities in the National Assembly as a buffet.
„My first reaction after the election yesterday was to get out of the process, but I said to myself that maybe we haven’t done our job to convince everyone that we should approach the process as something exceptional and not just filling in some composition of some commission. We suggest we all give ourselves a few days to calm down, then have another round of consultations next week. We want to talk about what this commission should be, so that it does its job convincingly and all citizens believe in what we are trying to do,“ Ivanov said.
The chairman of „Yes, Bulgaria“ clarified that his position will not collapse the work process and does not call for actions directed against anyone. Ivanov also emphasized that he himself is not in this commission, despite the reasons and desire to put his name on the constitutional reform. According to him, there will be no sustainable democratic model in the country until the first citizens who raised their voice for freedom and democracy are part of the entire political process and their relationship with the democratic forces is restored.
„Perhaps a common effort to renegotiate our social contract is what is needed to take another step towards the real implementation of the word ‘togetherness’ with a positive content,“ Ivanov said.
