Plevneliev demands that the Cabinet provide clear estimates of the pay increase

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev urged the government to provide clear estimates of the pay increase planned for next year. The head of state attended the start of the 62nd International Cycling Tour of Bulgaria on Sunday in his capacity as patron of the competition.

Regarding the intentions of the government to increase part of the income in the budget sector, the head of state said that he approved of the increase in teachers' salaries because this is “well-deserved”. He also supported the increase in pensions by “dealing away with the inflation accumulated since their last increase in July 2009.”

As to the other pay increases supported by a number of ministers recently, the president expressed reservations. He said that the sources of funding and the priorities had to be specified. “I cannot judge and I am not a person who would say: Raise all salaries in the Security sector by BGN 20 or BGN 50,” Mr. Plevneliev said and added that 110,000 people are employed in this sector - “in the Ministry of Interior, the army, the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and other institutions”.

On the occasion of the anniversary of the coup on September 9, 1944, the head of state expressed his worries about the attempts at rehabilitating the communist regime. “I can see and I am worried about the recent attempts at rehabilitating the communist regime, Todor Zhivkov – the father of the nation, an ordinary man,” Mr. Plevneliev stated. He said that the regime in Bulgaria created a totalitarian state, it made the country bankrupt three times and “led to several national treasons”.

The president also commented on the tension in Bulgarian-Macedonian relations. “I expect that Macedonian politicians will launch initiatives using concrete actions and proofs, and will demonstrate the new European approach, which they declared last week,” the head of state said.

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