"In 1995, the refuse problem was absolutely the same, even worse. In 1997, we resolved it and we did not bother neither the president, nor did we blame our predecessors," former Sofia mayor Stefan Sofiyanski told Bulgarian National Television (BNT). "The refuse problem is national because [Sofia] city hall had to find a way to resolve it and present it to the Cabinet, especially the Environment and Water Affairs Ministry; and the Cabinet should allow the dump."

There was no other issue where there was such a difference between promises and the done job, Bulgarian Socialist Party representative Zhelyu Boichev told BNT. "It is high time that Sofia residents become aware why the refuse has been baled."

"There is much speculation and vagueness and it will be better if it is clarified […]. The National Intelligence Service when I was in office (1997/2003) did not deal with and did not investigate such a task," former head of the service Dimo Gyaourov told private broadcaster Nova Television, commenting on the murder of Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov. When Gyaourov was in office, an inquest on the case was being held. The National Intelligence Service was not assigned the investigation of Markov's murder, Gyaourov said.

"It is no secret that in the Interior Ministry, there are employees who do favours for the criminal world," Interior Ministry general commissioner Pavlin Dimitrov said in the morning show of private broadcaster bTV. "Unfortunately, it turns out that there are more than a few cases when our employees are involved, one way or another, in criminal schemes." At least several employees were being fired every week on such grounds.