BSP – Sofia honored the memory of Nikola Vaptsarov and his comrades (OBZOR)

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Sofia. BSP – Sofia celebrated the memory of Nikola Vaptsarov and his comrades – Anton Ivanov, Petar Bogdanov, Georgi Minchev, Atanas Romanov and Anton Popov, with a commemorative rally on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of their shooting. The event took place at the "Garison Shooting Ground" Memorial in the capital and gathered members of the Executive Bureau of the National Assembly of BSP, deputies, MEPs, city councilors, relatives of the dead and dozens of citizens. Wreaths were presented on behalf of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, the BSP National Assembly and the BSP parliamentary group for Bulgaria, the PASB City Council and the Embbady of Bulgaria. the Russian Federation.
During the official part, a speech was read by President Rumen Radev saying that 76 years ago at the garrison shooting gallery in Sofia is extinguished one of the most brilliant poets of the Bulgaria. "Nikola Vaptsarov has dared to bring history on behalf of the little man who has been excluded from his empty cultures.And if today his poems continue to reveal and disturb us, it is for us remember that whining will not help us between us and tomorrow's hope are the barricades of life that only our deeds and our hands can crumble.The stroke did not break the voice of the poet, he n & # 39; 39; has not taken Vaptsar's conviction of progress – human, social, social technical progress for all, the belief that even when merciless life binds our wings, with our heads we can break the ice and take the sun ourselves ", said the head of state.
According to the BSP Sofia leader, Kaloyan Pargov is unforgivable the creative vandalism we have witnessed in recent months, namely Vaptsarov's poems to become a "sublime". "It is our duty, as descendants, never to have the world poet Nikola Vaptsarov shot again, and not only do we need to keep" Motor Songs "in the textbooks, but also to preserve the meaning of his poetry. So, here at the Garison Range, we must promise that we will defend and protect the memory of the heroes and the truth about their exploitation, "said participants in the commemoration, Kaloyan Pargov. should not allow the truth about the cruel face of fascism and the characters of anti-fascist resistance to be replaced
"The act of the heroes whose memory we are honoring today, as well as the work of tens of thousands of participants in the resistance, is irrefutable proof that the Bulgarian people, during fateful trials, can defend its generic and universal values ​​with weapons "Vanya Dobreva, vice president of the Bulgarian Socialist Party – Sofia and leader of the event.
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