"We will seek a solution on a local level." This involves meetings with everyone on the municipal council and identifying places of convergence," Sofia's incoming mayor, Vasil Terziev, told the media today, according to a BGNES reporter.
Terziev stated that the structure of the talks with the other political groupings in the Metropolitan Municipal Council has yet to be determined. "Both Boris Bonev and I will take part in them." It would be interesting to see whatever policies can be agreed upon," Terziev added.
Terziev expressed little anxiety over Vanya Grigorova's challenge to the results of the local poll.
"Many of the insults are directed at me. They write 0 in parts where I have 120 votes. Others write 0 where I have 84. It doesn't upset me because I know we ran a solid and positive campaign. "All of these machinations are outside our team," says Sofia's new mayor categorically.
Vasil Terziev said that technology would increasingly be used in municipal government, business, and interactions with residents.
"I will work for the development of the modern and innovative economy and the attraction of similar kind of investments, so that Sofia can stand better and better on the map of innovations" , said Vasil Terziev, the mayor of Sofia.
In terms of the municipality's future deputy mayors, he stated that the system will be similar to the existing one, but there will be adjustments.
"Having a deputy mayor for finance, healthcare, and transportation is a distinct role." "As deputy mayor, we are planning some changes for the city's security, to deal with problems on the roads and in the neighborhoods," Terziev added.
He stated that he will first become acquainted with the job and the people that make up the Metropolitan Municipality. "We'll see where there's a lack of direction and purpose, and where the processes aren't working." People may relax; worries of purges are false," said Sofia's new mayor. Terziev clarified that the existing deputy mayors' retention in their positions is not on the agenda. /BGNES
