Kiril Petkov: We are observing the Coordination of the Pro-Russian Forces in Bulgaria

"Today were confirmed the things we warned you about yesterday. Apparently, the possibility of forming a regular government to reform the services and bring Bulgaria into Schengen is the main reason for today's attack". This was stated by the co-chairman of "We Continue the Change" Kiril Petkov at a briefing in the parliament.

According to him, since the morning it has been observed a coordination of the pro-Russian forces in Bulgaria, including on the part of "Vazrazhdane" and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).

"It is an important fact that the head of SANS provided security for a regular deputy last night at 10:00 p.m. SANS never guards individuals because it does not have such powers. SANS guards only strategic objects. Has Radostin Vassilev become a strategic object for SANS? The President, does he know about these midnight conversations between the head of SANS and this MP? Is it possible that in this conversation someone stopped the release of all the recordings that were prepared?" asked Kiril Petkov.

He also emphasized that national security is Bulgaria's responsibility and an important part of Bulgarian sovereignty. No other country can influence us on what conclusion we will draw in future reforms.

"Every candidate that we will propose for future appointments in the services, we will insist that he has a clean past, that he was not part of a criminal group in Bulgaria or Europe, and that he was not an agent of an enemy country or State Security. We have not agreed with any embassy on the proposal for any of the services up to this point, but with the final appointments, as well as part of the legal procedures, we will inform the partner services within the framework of our obligations as members of the...