PP GERB established its youth organization. Borisov: GERB will work for its own government and parliamentary group.

24/02/2008

We will work for our own government. This was said by the leader of GERB Boyko Borisov at the official establishment of the youth organization of GERB in NDK. He also said that there wouldn’t be pre-election coalitions for which he guaranteed. Borisov also told young members of GERB that by the establishment of MGERB the necessary human potential of the party was secured. At least 30 to 40% of you must be in the next government so that the old faces in politics be not there more, he added. And we with Mr. Tsvetanov would be in the group of seniors and you would have to work without us, Borisov joked in this regard. The leader of GERB was welcomed by strong applause in the hall and all the people stood up. After that was the national anthem and the anthem of the party. The young people were greeted also by the Chairman Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who said that the members of MGERB would be a main mediator between the party and young people in Bulgaria. He added that this organization was a way for overcoming political apathy among youth. Borisov called on young people to work so that the party GERB to exist decades ahead. He appealed the members of MGERB to work so that their young coevals who lived and studied abroad return at home. About 1000 delegates participated in the establishment of the youth organization of party GERB. In the statute of Youth GERB is written that members can be only people under 31 years of age. Young people elected as their Chairwoman – Monika Panayotova, 24 years old from Sofia. She graduated International economic relations in UNWE. At the meeting was also read a letter of congratulations from the president of the EPP Wilfrid Martens, in which he declared to the youth organization of the party that they were young leaders of Bulgaria and they would determine the future of Europe. In regard to this Borisov commented that those who knew the president of EPP were aware how calm and poor of useless emotions he was. During the last months Martens put so much emotion in GERB. ‘I am convinced that there isn’t other youth party that received such letter’, Borisov said.