Prominent “Vazrazhdane” MP Leaves the Party with Accusations against its Leader

"Vazrazhdane" (Revival) MP Elena Guncheva announced she was leaving the party and the National Assembly. She did this through her Facebook account, and in her post, she criticized the leader of the pro-Russian political force Kostadin Kostadinov. Among them is that he treated the Russophiles in the party with contempt and took unaccounted money from his deputies.

Guncheva was the only MP absent from the hall when the vote of no confidence in the cabinet was voted. "Vazrazhdane" then announced that she was in a hospital. She herself posted a photo with a splint on her leg, specifying that she has been in hospital since the beginning of June.

"After my sick leave expires, I will resign as an MP and leave 'Vazrazhdane', although I still believe in the ideas of the party. But I no longer trust the leader," Guncheva said in her post.

She also writes that there are problems with PR in the party and defines the legislative activity of "Vazrazhdane" as chaotic. In addition, there she had a ban on media appearances. She did not spare accusations against Kostadinov.

"The leader wants the loyal, not the smart and thinking. He has repeatedly spoken of the Russophiles with contempt, and I have been reprimanded for participating in the 'Immortal Regiment' in Sofia. The unaccountable money which is due for the deputies was taken from our party coffers and I don't know how they were spent. What worried me, in this case, was that none of us could afford to open a reception area in our constituency and hire an assistant or pay experts for opinions." she also wrote, alluding to synchronous voting with GERB.

"I was not explained why we had to vote together with GERB almost every time, especially for their...