President Radev: The Crisis Should not be Managed only by Stoking Panic and Fear

Every government needs a corrective, particularly when it has decided on its own to declare a state of emergency, when the functioning of parliament and the judiciary is practically blocked, Rumen Radev said
"When the army of unemployed multiplies day in and day out, I consider it inappropriate to bother the people with the relations between the presidential institution and the executive branch of power. It is not time for displaying emotions, outbursts and annoyed attitudes." This is what President Rumen Radev said in an interview for bTV. "The prime minister should be aware that neither the president nor the Bulgarian people are an audience that is expected to engage in applause all the time," Rumen Radev said, taking a question regarding his relations with the prime minister, the presidential press office reported.

The Head of State emphasized that every government in power needs a corrective, particularly when it has made the decision, moreover on its own, to declare a state of emergency, when the functioning of parliament and the judiciary is practically blocked, and "the critical attitude of the mass psyche and public consciousness has been considerably weakened by widespread fear." "The prime minister is an experienced and deft politician. However, I cannot accept that he is creating an image of a savior on the basis of the fear that he alone stokes by talking about corpses, morgues, mass graves," Rumen Radev said. He noted that the crisis should not be managed only by stoking panic and fear. The Cabinet's priority has always been the infrastructure projects, while we should invest more in human resources and the people. If we had allocated more funds to healthcare and education, we would have been better prepared to tackle the current...