With massive poverty all around, Parvanov’s victory is holl

Parvanov came to power in 2001, but interestingly, after having secured 53% against the then incumbent President Petar Stoyanov in the first round, a run off was held even at that time due to pathetic voter turnout. President Parvanov’s steadily growing vote share is an indicator of his increasing popularity, but repeated low voter turnout indicates people’s lack of trust in democracy, which is the result of many factors, with the leading cause being poverty. EU or no EU, if Parvanov doesn’t focus on poverty eradication, the only thing that might get eradicated before the next polls, is democracy!

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