Политика

After the confrontation in the municipality reached its next peak with the resignation of the entire Municipal Council requested by a newly formed civil association, attempts to unify and ease tensions followed early last week. On September 28, Mr. Fidel Beev invited the municipal councilors and citizens to a meeting. In the small hall of the municipality came less than half of the councillors, vrid mayor Dulev and deputy mayor Hodzhov, and the only citizen was Nikola Vetsov. Mr. Beev gave an opening speech in which he emphasized the fact that the work in the municipality of Velingrad is not going well, for which both the Municipal Administration and the Municipal Council are to blame. Velingrad lost a lot of time because of court delays and lawsuits, but if the efforts of the advisers and the administration are put together, it could catch up. His proposal was to put aside party and personal interests and resolve differences. "It was what it was, I draw the line and I go to work with everyone!", declared Fidel Beev.
The chairman of the Municipal Council, Nejat Kehayov, was adamant that in order for such a conversation to have an effect, politically represented groups should sit at the table, and that after serious organization. According to him, the error was set at the beginning of this local parliament: there was no need to create a majority to dictate to the others, there was no need for councillors to divide and continuously count to 15. The local authority rests on two whales - the Municipal Council and the Municipal Administration, and any attempt to break this link leads to self-destruction. If the municipality has decided to self-destruct, severing these ties, nothing good awaits us. We should not act offended, there is no need for silence and mistrust, but conversation. But in order to have a feel for this venture, the executive must first offer the councillors a clear program, and not wonder what surprises will be served to the Municipal Council as draft decisions. At stake is a program - not to hide facts about the financial situation from the advisers, to be clear how the year will end, from now on to think about what projects we will start with next year. As a primary task, N. Kehayov set to appoint a head of the European Integration Department and to work so that next year the municipality will be ready to absorb 200 million euros in projects.
In the name of the municipality, everyone has to take a step towards a compromise, said Zavarin Marov and asked what compromise Fidel Beev is willing to make regarding the cleaning contract. "You are protecting personal interests and you want the money for cleaning to go to your company, and we - to the municipal company," said Zavarin Marov to Mr. Beev and offered him to take the big step by stopping the municipality's contract with "Beev and Beev". From that moment on, the consensus tone of the meeting remained in the past, and the election-sounding calls for unification by Mr. Beev were replaced by recommendations to the advisers: "You will have a lot of ease in your life when you get used to the fact that our companies will participate and win tenders." Fidel Beev explained his philosophy that it is not a question of who wins, but with what conditions and announced that he is ready to give up the competition for cleanliness if Stroycom accepts to clean for the amount of Beev and Beev's offer. He announced that Stroycom is working thanks to "our companies" and if he wants, he will announce it in liquidation right now. This gave rise to Zavarin Marov to accuse Fidel Beev that by any schemes he leads the municipal firm to liquidation and that he remains the owner of a firm, not the mayor. To the long and fruitless dispute about the purity contest was added a dispute about the media of the Beevi brothers and in the end the participants left just as divided as before the meeting. On September 30, the Municipal Council took its initiative to unite the local authorities around the pressing problems of the municipality. By an absolute majority, the councillors adopted a declaration that they accept constructive recommendations and criticism and will work in unity and understanding. The declaration also includes measures to improve the work. Some of them are aimed at enhancing the role of the Municipal Council as a body that determines the development policy of the municipality. It was decided that the Municipal Council should elect not one but two vice-presidents. Standing Committee meetings will now be held on a firm schedule in the last week of each month, and sessions will be held every last Thursday. Municipal councilors will receive a monthly reward of 200% of the minimum wage, not for a regular session as before. In the absence not for good reasons, penalties of 30% will be imposed. The information municipal bulletin will publish not only the decisions, but also the debates on major issues in the session. The Operational Bureau of the Municipal Council will develop urgent measures to overcome the lag of the municipality in activities. At the same time, councillors propose that the Municipal Administration prepare an action plan and propose it for discussion at the next session. The attending vrid mayor Stoyan Dulev did not comment on the proposals, and Fidel Beev was not in the hall.
Elena Baeva