BSP subscribes to preserve the Monument of the Soviet Army

The members of the National Council of the BSP accepted the proposal of the leader of the capital socialists Ivan Takov for a nationwide signature to preserve the Monument to the Soviet Army in its place in the Prince's Garden in Sofia In this way, the BSP categorically opposes another offensive for the dismantling and relocation of the monument, this time undertaken by GERB.

"After the Second World War, over 130 monuments were erected on the territory of Bulgaria to the fallen Russian soldiers and in honor of the victory of the Soviet Army This is an expression of the gratitude of the Bulgarian people to the feat of every single soldier who laid down his bones for the Liberation of Bulgaria and Europe since fascism.

Are they all going to tear them down, Ivan Takov asked rhetorically - The desecration and demolition of monuments, the short memory, the lack of memory at all, the distortion, replacing and falsifying history always ends the same way.

With extremely many victims A gun war cannot be stopped.

Peace is not achieved by desecrating the memory of the victims of wars Today's fascist manifestations bring dark, dark times behind them".

If the destruction of the Monument to the Soviet Army in the Prince's Garden will stop the war in Ukraine, let them destroy it, added the leader of the BSP - Sofia "However, the big problem is not this monument.

The great tragedy is that nobody talks about peace The only topic is the war," declared Ivan Takov.

The Executive Bureau of the City Council of the BSP - Sofia also adopted an official position regarding the fate of the Monument to the Soviet Army "On February 24, when one year marks the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Boyko Borisov surprisingly changed the position of GERB - from an evasive detour to a call to the municipal councilors of the party in SOS to support a report of the DB on dismantling the Monument, writes in the position of the Executive Bureau of the BSP - Sofia.

- The managerial impotence of the Bulgarian right-wing parties is impressive - for 33 years of governing Sofia, the SDS, and since 2005, the GERB, have made our capital the poorest in Europe, and our country, after decades of right-wing transition, is the poorest in the EU - suffering from a social, economic, demographic, spiritual, health, energy and above all - moral crisis And no matter how much the rightists convince us - these crises will not be solved by the demolition of the Monument to the Soviet Army, but will most likely deepen".

POSITION of the Executive Bureau of the BSP - Sofia in relation to the fate of the Monument to the Soviet Army in the capital On February 23, 2023, days before the start of the election campaign for the fifth consecutive early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria for the last two years, they once again attacked the historical truth related to Nazism in Europe A vandal broke the plaques of the Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia with a hammer.

This is a deliberate act of immorality, xenophobia and extremism! Today, February 24, 2023, when it marks one year since the start of the war in Ukraine, Boyko Borisov surprisingly changed his position and ordered GERB - by ordering the party's municipal councilors in the Capital Municipal Council (SOS) to support a report by Democratic Bulgaria for dismantling the Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia Borisov stated that desecration is a vandal but a "moral" act and something the state should have done long ago.

He also said that the Monument should be destroyed because there was a war in Ukraine and it was "moral" Boyko Borisov's political flexibility has no end! And now he's going to teach us morals too?! Let us recall that the Monument to the Soviet Army is protected by: 1.

The European Cultural Convention Of 1954 2

The European Charter for the Architectural Heritage of Europe of 1975 3.

The Law on Bulgarian Copyright and Related Rights 4 The Resolutions of UN from 2008 and 2009 for the protection of World War II monuments.

And last but not least - this monument is to the people who defeated fascism in Europe, and it is essentially an anti-fascist monument That is why our position has always been principled and consistent, namely - we are against any encroachment on the monument.

The managerial impotence of the Bulgarian right-wing parties is impressive For 33 years of governance of Sofia - in the early 1990s - by the SDS, and since 2005 by the GERB - they made our capital the poorest in Europe.

As well as our country, after decades of right-wing transition, it is the poorest in the EU - suffering from a social, economic, demographic, spiritual, health, energy and above all - moral crisis And no matter how much the rightists convince us - these crises will not be solved by the demolition of the Monument to the Soviet Army, but will most likely deepen.

As happened in 1999 with the destruction of the Mausoleum in the center of Sofia The monument has nothing to do with conjunctural events, personalities and processes.

Unlike others, we can tell the difference between the Soviet Army of 1945 and the Russian Army of 2023 We, the Bulgarian socialists, we insist on the cessation of hostilities now and immediately.

Because difficult and protracted negotiations are always better than continued military action The monument to the Soviet Army is a monument to 27 million citizens of the then Soviet Union - Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Caucasians and dozens of other nationalities, who gave their lives - on the front and in the rear - for the freedom of Europe and the world from fascism.

The First Bulgarian Army, headed by our national hero Gen Vladimir Stoychev, which gave tens of thousands of apparent victims.

Their feat under the banner of Victory saved Bulgaria from dismemberment and national humiliation, because until 1944 she was an ally of Nazi Germany, brought into this disastrous alliance by politicians such as Boyko Borisov - renegade, servile, capable of sacrificing everything for their personal career and well-being Today's right-wing politicians in our country mock the memory of the millions of Soviet citizens who saved Europe and the world from fascism, but also of the worthy Bulgarian victims of the Patriotic War! Their attempt to prove their euro-atlantic affiliation by trampling, desecrating and dismantling Bulgarian history is pathetic! It's a pity, when you don't have arguments with today's relevance and a vision for the future, you start fighting with monuments to the past, cross streets, impose media censorship and support acts of vandalism.

Without taking into account clear sociological data that the Monument is part of the general good attitude of over 80% of Bulgarians towards Russia Russia, with which we have centuries-old relations, the culmination of which we will celebrate on March 3 - the Day of the successful end of the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation.

On this day, we thank the Russian Army, our Liberator - on behalf of the Bulgarian people, just as it is written on the broken and insulted tablet!.