Bulgaria: "Already clear there will be a second ballot" - incumbent Pres Radev on pres elex

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Incumbent Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, along with Vice President Iliana Iotova, spoke to press in Sofia on Sunday commenting on the early results of the presidential and parliamentary elections, the third ones held this year.

Radev was reported to have been ahead in the polls in the first round of the presidential elections, with university professor and GERB party candidate Anastas Gerdzhikov, and the newly formed anti-corruption party coming second, according to exit polls announced on Bulgarian National Television.
“It’s already clear there will be a second ballot. The current result gives us optimism, but it will be a mistake that we consider the victory to be pre-destined. On this second ballot, we will collide with the well-organised corporate vote of “Status quo”. And the only way to overcome its enormous resources, to beat the lies, manipulations and threats is to vote in mobilisation,” Radev said.

The incumbent president is running for a second five-year term with a run off scheduled for November 21.

Bulgaria is currently battling a surge in COVID-19 cases, high energy prices and corruption allegations. Voters expressed support for different political parties with a shared hope for a functioning government to battle the current health crisis.

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SOT, Rumen Radev, Incumbent President of Bulgaria (Bulgarian): “We thank from all our hearts those hundreds of thousands of voters that supported our tandem with Mrs Iotova.”

SOT, Rumen Radev, Incumbent President of Bulgaria (Bulgarian): “These elections indicated the determination of our society to cut off with corruption, with lawlessness, with authoritarianism.”

SOT, Rumen Radev, Incumbent President of Bulgaria (Bulgarian): “We congratulate all the political parties in the new Parliament. They have the imperative mission to elect the next government. That government must be with courage, against corruption, and for better social policy.”

SOT, Rumen Radev, Incumbent President of Bulgaria (Bulgarian): “The main problem in the election process this year is the low electoral activity. And this is a topic for analysis not only for the sociologists, but for every party and candidate as well. To answer the problematic question ‘Why did not people go to mass vote?”

SOT, Rumen Radev, Incumbent President of Bulgaria (Bulgarian): “It’s already clear there will be a second ballot. The current result gives us optimism but it will be a mistake that we consider the victory to be pre-destined. On this second ballot we will collide with the well-organised corporate vote of “Status quo”. And the only way to overcome its enormous resources, to beat the lies, manipulations and threats is to vote in mobilisation.”

SOT, Iliana Iotova, Incumbent Vice President of Bulgaria (Bulgarian): “We will continue our battle to destroy the system which didn’t answer people’s needs for more than a decade.”

SOT, Rumen Radev, Incumbent President of Bulgaria (Bulgarian): “For the COVID crisis we succeeded with the most important – we prevented the lockdown in the country. We didn’t stop the economical, the social and the cultural life which has a big affect on the society. We still cannot recover from the lockdown from the last year. And our actions are similar to those actions of the other EU countries.”

SOT, Rumen Radev, Incumbent President of Bulgaria (Bulgarian): “We were united with you all over our mandate. We didn’t give up. We were with you in the square for protests. I believe we will be together next Sunday.”

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