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With a speech from the rostrum, the chairman of the 48th National Assembly, Vezhdi Rashidov

Vezhdi Rashidov is a Bulgarian sculptor, Minister of Culture in Boyko's cabinet summarized the past months and addressed the deputies in the hall.

"It was as if the magic happened in the first moments, but alas - the magic was short.

We plunged into dystopia – procedures, speeches, votes, re-votes.

I asked myself – how long?” he said.

"I accepted the responsibility to be the speaker of this parliament, to lead the society out of this spiral.

We are faced with another choice.

So how long?

We need to think more often about what we are doing here and what we are leaving, as well as preserving what we are repairing, in the end whether we are destroying or creating," said Rashidov.

"I once rushed into this business like you, colleagues, with the hope that I might turn the world upside down."

I started reforms, opened museums, returned antiquities, spent days and nights negotiating to keep peace and our border.

Did I succeed?

Not really, I just hear the rumble of the question 'so what?' every day, he added.

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"In politics, they welcome with flowers and send with stones, I know.

We have to suppress our passions and forget about bills, ratings, think about what is left behind on this earth," he recalled.

He appeals: “Look at the people who raised us, put some sense into the future.

The people are waiting for results from us.

I pray that the next election will bring more security, hope and unity.

May the morning be wiser than the evening.

Our people deserve this."

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"Good afternoon, I am closing the 48th National Assembly," concluded Rashidov, and the deputies rose to their feet and applauded at the end of his speech.

Vezdi Rashidov

National Assembly

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