TIRANA – Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov on Wednesday said he would be willing to step down to avoid a government collapse following weeks of protests, reports Reuters. “I am ready to leave at any time. I do not want any tension because of me,” he said as quoted by EUobserver on Thursday.
Borissov told a caucus of his center-right GERB party that he would discuss the option with the leaders of the two nationalist parties that are his junior partners in the governing coalition.
“I will hold talks with my coalition partners and offer options including one where I would leave and the government continues,”
he said.
Corruption, over-influential oligarchs, doubtful media freedom, environmental problems, general absurdities. All of this defines the current anti-government protest wave across Bulgaria, the biggest seen in years, even in decades.
Almost one month in, the protesters are digging in for the long haul, well aware that victory may take time./argumentum.al
