"I think he is the oldest voter. May he be with us for many years to come. I think the most important thing is to take him as an example for everyone. If an 89-year-old man can be responsible enough to exercise his right to vote, maybe younger people can too. It is easier now to go mushrooming or fishing or travelling, but the responsibility is still with us. We are the ones who decide in the end, no matter how much propaganda there is that nothing depends on the citizens," Atanas Velichkov urged.

Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, since he took office in Skopje, has often claimed that the main focus of the election campaign in Bulgaria was the position of the parties on the Macedonian issue, through which they were trying to cover up the issue of corruption in our country.

"They tried, he and his deputy Aleksandar Nikoloski - the Minister of Transport and Communications - to involve North Macedonia in Bulgaria's election campaign. They know that there is a consensus in Bulgaria on this issue. Nikoloski knows very well that the claims that he will negotiate as soon as a stable government is in power in Bulgaria are mere fabrications. As all the important figures in the Bulgarian political elite have said, negotiations ended in 2022. Now we need dialogue. What was to be negotiated has already been negotiated. It is outlined in the French proposal, which is a European proposal. It is neither a Bulgarian diktat nor a Bulgarian ultimatum. 

Asked by Radio Bulgaria when he expected to vote in Bulgaria's next parliamentary elections, Atanas Velichkov was categorical: "I very much hope that we will vote in four years' time.