Mr Simeon Saxe Coburg, Bulgaria's ex Tsar (in 1943-1946) and ex Prime Minister (in 2001-2005) has issued a statement defending the project for the construction of the 2000 MW Belene Nuclear Power Plant, which was terminated in March 2012 by the Borisov Cabinet.

According to Mr Saxe Coburg, the last few months have seen the extreme politicizing of a topic that is strategic for out country connected with our capacity to build a vision for our development for many years to come.

He said that "The construction of the Belene NPP is an extremely important matter for our energy and it is normal for it to have political dimensions but its turning into an instrument for the strengthening of party lines or election preparation is absurd to say the least. The long term development of energy in Bulgaria must be a common goal for all parties."

Mr Saxe Coburg argued that "I am among the people who are convinced that in 20 years we will be sorry that we missed the chance to be energy independent, and did not take advantage of an energy source that is among the most environment friendly one. The price of this energy is lower, it returns the investment quickly. It is already clear even to non experts, that in 2050 Europe and the world will undergo a serious energy deficit."

Mr Saxe Coburg further went for an outright criticism of the Cabinet of the GERB party and Prime Minister Mr Boyko Borisov, who served as the Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry in the Saxe Coburg government, by slamming their proposal to build a natural gas powered thermal plant on the site of the Belene NPP.

The Borisov Cabinet, which took over in 2009, technically continued the search for strategic investors but in March 2012 it announced it was ending the Belene NPP, labeling it economically unfeasible.

Source - www.novinite.com

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