Политика

The first major election meeting of the independent candidate for mayor, Nikola Matrov, was on the evening of August 27 with his Chepino co-hosts. The full "Banner of Peace" hall attests that the interest is great.
The complex and tense situation in Velingrad, the mistrust, the silenced discontent, the incoming indifference - these are the motives of the members of the Initiative Committee that nominated Mr. Matrov as a candidate mayor. Society and the municipality need an unattached party personality with professional qualities, and such a personality is N. Matrov, said Mrs. Belukhova. According to her, the fact that he accepted the invitation to be elevated is a compliment to Velingrad.
Nikola Matrov briefly told his professional biography, which began with a 5-year internship as a locksmith in Kremikovtzi and went through 20 years. in the system of ferrous metallurgy and 18 years. in the system of overseas construction. 7 years. He was Director of Investments at Kremikovtzi, held managerial positions at Technoexportstroy and Bulgargeomin (including Director General), Executive Director of the State Fund Agriculture in 1998-99. I'm proud to have become a nomenclatural cadre in the middle business echelon because no one has stood behind me and I've never asked for a job, and I've always been invited, N said. Matrov. Exactly the professional experience gave him confidence to state "I know more than other mayoral candidates", recalling that the budget for investment activity in Kremikovtzi is 15-20 times larger than the budget of our municipality. To this, add its international business contacts, where money can be sought for Velingrad as a unique resort.
Nikola Matrov explained that he accepted the invitation to run for several reasons: he is not indifferent to the native Velingrad; there should be work to overcome the distrust between the municipal administration and citizenship; there should be no increase in the suspicion and tension between Velingrad and the villages from the high region, because this is in foreign interest and not in the interest of the Velingrad municipality.
The independent candidate said he had received offers of support from parties, but against something. If the citizens decide to resist such agreements, let them support us because we are above party and group interests, Mr. Matrov urged. Those who came to the meeting showed enviable activity, there were many speeches, questions, wishes for success. There were criticisms of the parties and the Municipal Council, calls that Velingrad needed unification. To unite the citizens of Velikograd following the example of his father, who once united the tars from Chepinsko and made the Rosin plant, wished for N. Maternal elderly woman from the audience.
Elena Baeva