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Over 50 intellectuals in the initiative committee for the anniversary of President Petar Stoyanov
In January, more than 50 Bulgarian public figures, intellectuals, writers, artists, and athletes set up an initiative committee to mark the 70th anniversary of former Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov and the 25th anniversary of his inauguration as head of state.
In the middle of the year and depending on the Kovid situation, the organizers plan the conference to mark 25 years of the three significant events that greatly change the recent history of Bulgaria and for which President Stoyanov has played a key role. The Initiative Committee for Resolving the Political Crisis on February 4, 1997, when Petar Stoyanov refused the BSP in the new cabinet, Bulgaria’s application for NATO membership on February 17, 1997, the signing of the agreement between all political forces, for concluding an agreement with the International Monetary Fund and introducing a currency board in Bulgaria – March 18, 1997
The initiators are several non-governmental organizations such as: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria, PanEurope, Institute for Market Economics, Union of Officers of the Atlantic Reserve, Sofia Platform Foundation, Plovdiv Civic Club. The committee includes people such as Stefan Tsanev, Ivan Tsanev, Georgi Gospodinov, Vladimir Zarev, D Leonidov, Zahari Karabashliev, Deyan Enev, Bogdana Karadocheva and Stefan Dimitrov, Stefan Diomov, Vasil Naidenov, Kiril Marichkov, Yordan Karadzhov from Signal and Vasko K , Margarita Hranova and Mihail Belchev, Stefka Kostadinova and Hristo Stoichkov and others.
February 4, 1997 – how the political crisis was resolved
Petar Stoyanov was elected President of Bulgaria on November 3, 1996, but took office on January 22, 1997. This is one of the most dramatic periods in our modern history. The BSP government is refusing to reform, the economic situation is deteriorating dramatically, hyperinflation is eating away at people’s wages and savings, and the country is lagging behind the “excellent” ones in Eastern Europe – the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. Mass protests began, which quickly spread to all major cities, tensions escalated dangerously – on January 10, protests by Parliament. Jean Videnov’s government resigns, the Parliament practically dissolves itself.
Immediately after taking office, according to the Constitution, the head of state is obliged again to give a mandate to form the BSP government as the largest political force, but the composition of the second of the former communists could lead to unpredictable members, even before the civil war – the new leader of the party Georgi Parvanov and the candidate for prime minister Nikolay Dobrev until the resignation of Jean Videnov were his deputy chairmen and are directly to blame for the crisis in the country.
On January 28, the President, obliged by the Constitution, gave such a mandate, but was elected several times by the BSP to abandon the formation of the second government. However, on February 4, 1997, at 11.50 am, Georgi Parvanov and Nikolai Dobrev brought Dondukov 2 files with the composition of the new cabinet, with Prime Minister Nikolai Dobrev. The BSP not only does not give up – the BSP wants to form a second government. According to the Constitution, if you take this folder, the President is obliged to submit it to the National Assembly, where the Socialists have an absolute majority. Petar Stoyanov refuses to take the file and the convocation of the National Security Advisory Council. During the Council of Socialists they were forced to resign and at 6.50 pm the President announced this. This paves the way for early parliamentary elections won by the UDF.