Bulgaria: Everyone Love Slavi Now, But What He Is Up To?

When the wheel of post-election roulette stopped spinning instead of a fragmented and impossible-to-assemble cabinet, the second week after the vote strted with a dangerously clean horizon. For the first time in the new history of our National Assembly, a possible government can be supported by absolutely all parliamentary groups. Yet against the backdrop of rare antagonism - not only between the new and old parties, but also inside the ranks of both camps. However, they sayit is the quietest on the front before the attack.

Everyone love Slavi Trifonov!

How and why does this arrangement of forces became possible without any formal consultation between the contenders for power?

Borissov has set the beginning

Boyko Borissov made his first move in the parliamentary game of chess. Albeit by offering support of 10 GERB MPs. This  symbolic blessing from GERB managed to kick the ball into the field of Slavi Trifonov. Thus, from the most comfortable position under the circumstances, the Prime Minister will observe safely how any wrong decision during the stormy political weather around the new cabinet will repair his image damaged during the protests.

The embrace of MRF

Mustafa Karadayi's willingness to support a cabinet of the new parties, but without participation, brought back the memory of the poisonous embrace of MRF - the one they do not want to give, but cannot do without. In what position does it put Slavi Trifonov? The answer came with the first blood shedin the ranks of "Stand up! Mafiosi out!" the day before it was announced.

In captivity of the leader

Readiness for support from BSP seems entirely conditioned by the degenerative processes in the reds' ranks. Even before the elections, Korneliya Ninova was...

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