Bulgarian PM to Fly Commercial for Rousseff's Inauguration because of FinMin's Stinginess

Bulgarian PM Borisov (left) claims Finance Minister Djankov's stinginess is forcing him to take a commercial flight to Brazil for Rousseff's inauguration. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will take a commercial flight to Brazil for Dilma Rousseff's inauguration because of the "stinginess" of Finance Minister Djankov.

"I will be going with the public transport because Djankov gives no money," Borisov stated Wednesday night in Sofia, as cited by BNR, in his typical semi-jokingly manner while answering a question about his attendance of the inauguration ceremony of Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff, who is the daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant.

Earlier this week the government announced that because of the Bulgarian origin of Dilma Rousseff, Borisov has been invited to attend her inauguration on January 1, 2011.

He and Foreign Minister Mladenov will set off to Brazil on December 28, 2010, with a commercial jet instead of using a Bulgarian government plane.

Borisov often jokes that Finance Minister Djankov is and should be stingy in order to cut state spending.

Rousseff's presidential inauguration will start at 2:30 pm local time on January 1 in the plenary hall of the Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian National Congress, where Dilma, the daughter of Bulgarian immigrant Petar Rusev, will be sworn into office.

In addition to Borisov, the only other European state leaders to be present at her inauguration will be the Spanish Prince Felipe and the Prime Minister of Portugal. The Prime Ministers of South Korea, Algeria, and the Emir of Qatar as well as the presidents of Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Guatemala, Guiana, Peru, El Salvador, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Brazil's incumbent President Lula is leaving the Brazilian Presidency after serving two terms, and with an approval rating of the record 87%.

Over the fall of 2010, Rousseff's rise to prominence in Brazil and her election to the presidency have led to a "Dilma fever" in Bulgaria causing many Bulgarians and the Bulgarian media to focus their attention on Brazil and Latin America.

Many in Bulgaria hope that Dilma's Bulgarian origin will help boost the economic and other ties between Bulgaria and Brazil.

Dilma Rousseff is expected to visit Bulgaria shortly after she is formally sworn into office if one is to judge by her previous declarations that she would love to finally visit the country of her father and to meet with her relatives.

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