Boyko Borisov had a meeting with young people from southwestern Bulgaria in Pernik

06/03/09

The leader of GERB was welcomed with big interest in the overcrowded hall in the Palace of culture in Pernik, where he had a meeting with young people from Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Sofia and Stara Zagora on the initiative of the youth organization of GERB. There was launched a campaign of MGERB called ‘Vote, to be heard’. The meeting was also attended by the Chairman of PP GERB – Tsvetan Tsvetanov, the secretary of PP GERB – Krasimir Veltchev, the chairwoman of MGERB – Monika Panayotova, members of the NEC of MGERB, as well as regional coordinators of MGERB.

The participants were welcomed by the regional coordinator of PP GERB – Pernik. He expressed his satisfaction at the fact that the young people from the region were active citizens. Then he asked Monika Panayotova to present the initiative of MGERB ‘Vote, to be heard’ and the clip, especially prepared for this purpose. The main message of the campaign is for the young people to be active in standing up their grounds. She also presented the work of MGERB till the moment. Miss Panayotova said that the most important was for the young people to realize their personal responsibility for the current situation and their future. She also highlighted that voting today, people would determine their tomorrow.

The Chairman of PP GERB Tsvetan Tsvetanov explained to the participants the policy of the party concerning the role of the young people in the political life. According to him since the establishment of MGERB, the youth organization had proved to be one of the most active in the party and had a full support from the executive body. Tsvetanov shared that the young people should vote actively in the country. ‘It’s important to be positive in the next several months till the elections and to think about the future. I want for you to stay in Bulgaria – you and my children’, appealed the Chairman of PP GERB.

‘GERB put under equal conditions everyone in the party, regardless of age and ethnical characteristics. Everyone in GERB should have equal opportunities. The criteria are knowledge and abilities, that include young and old people from each ethnics’, Boyko Borisov said. The first and most important task for each government should be the suspension of the thefts and impunity’, added the leader of GERB.

The meeting with the leaders of GERB was informal with laughter and jokes. In spite of this there was a serious element, in which many problems were emphasized – at natonal and regional level. The young people from Pernik asked their questions to the executive body and didn’t hide their satisfaction of the correct and honest answers, which they received. ‘The future is ours but we should gain it. You have your party and you should make it such one that after 20 years to be still in the party and not to be ashamed of that fact. And me, you can put me in a portrait’, Borisov joked.

The unabating interest and spontaneous dialogue prolonged the meeting with hours and by the proposition of the young people, it was not closed. ‘This is not our last meeting and I’ll be here again to continue our talks…’, Borisov said.