Half Page Takes by John Polich: Bulgarian Government Quits After Police Charge Protesters, Calls Its Prime Minister "A True Statesman"

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Bulgarian Government Quits After Police Charge Protesters, Calls Its Prime Minister "A True Statesman"

The Bulgarian cabinet of the ruling GERB party resigned this morning after a night in which police launched a nationally televised indiscriminate charge into demonstrators in Sofia, injuring many.

The collapse of the government, predicted in this blog yesterday, came a day after Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's disingenuous warning to Bulgarians that protests risked the loss of subsidies from the European Union.

His resigning interior minister, who runs the police, immediately praised Borisov as "a true statesman."

PHOTO: BGNES

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JOHN POLICH

Polich was research director of The New York Times and marketing director for its regional newspaper group. He reported for media in Phoenix, San Antonio and Detroit and was managing director of national opinion research companies. A Stanford Ph.D. and Cronkite School graduate, Polich taught at Franklin College Switzerland, The New School, the American University in Bulgaria, Fordham, and Golden Gate University, where he was dean of MBA and executive programs. He completed journalism projects in China, Japan, Korea & Russia, lived in Bulgaria, England, Libya, and Switzerland and has been active in support of emergency services in the United States.