Authors: Georgi Stoyanov, Georgi Karavasilev Many people question the meaning of exercising their vote in the current system of representative democracy. Nevertheless, when it comes to not only who gets to spend the money you stole, but also who is going to steal even more to fulfill some of the …
More »What do the parties promise in healthcare?
Healthcare is a cornerstone in the election promises of political parties in Bulgaria. It is one of the most speculated topics when it comes to reforms, development and improvement of the current situation. It is no coincidence that the post of Minister of Health can be compared to an electric chair. …
More »Hemp and elections
And in this election race, the topic of hemp was not heavily affected. The parties poured out their promises of all kinds of social benefits, such as more money (from taxpayers) for pensions, education, healthcare, defense, police, infrastructure, borders, world peace, the ozone hole, physical education, sports, etc. On the sidelines, however, stand tens of thousands of voters who are interested in who …
More »The economic promises of the parties – harmful even before they fail
Ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, we are witnessing one of the strangest election campaigns in recent years. This is a campaign in which political parties are falling into heavy populism, promising us a flood of absurdities - economic growth of 6-7% per year, doubling pensions, huge increases in the average and minimum wage...
More »Media Fattening Month
In just a few days, the official election campaign will begin. Smiling and presentable party members will pour out promises of a bright future, solutions to every problem, a new child for every grandmother and… media vouchers. We decided to write a few lines about them, provoked by an incident on Facebook, which we became unwitting witnesses to. Yesterday (22.02) in …
More »Electoral (and other) challenges facing the DEOS party
For almost a year, despite my avowed hatred of the phenomenon of a “political party” in its modern Bulgarian form, I have been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Movement for European Unification and Solidarity (DEOS) party. I accepted the invitation as a representative of the Bulgarian Libertarian Society, not only because I was invited by our members and I wish to …
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