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07-13-2010, 04:20 PM
The election of Lachezar Lazov as mayor of Dolna and Gorna Sekirna has made national news and put the villages on the map. Lazov, who will turn 19 on Thursday, is Bulgaria’s youngest ever mayor.
“Now we [Dolna and Gorna Sekirna] are famous nationwide,” said Ivan Stavrev, chairman of the local branch of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, in the nearby town of Breznik. The Socialists nominated Lazov for the elections.
At the end of last month he beat his rival, Snezhana Ilieva, of the center-right National Movement for Stability and Progress, in a close runoff election, winning the ballot by 87 votes compared to 71.
Many local residents, most of whom have known Lazov since he was a child, are delighted to have the youngest mayor in the country. “He’s young, very capable, just perfect. He has a lot of work to do, but he’ll do his best,” Petrunka Rangelova, 79, told Balkan Insight.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/features/29424/
“Now we [Dolna and Gorna Sekirna] are famous nationwide,” said Ivan Stavrev, chairman of the local branch of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, in the nearby town of Breznik. The Socialists nominated Lazov for the elections.
At the end of last month he beat his rival, Snezhana Ilieva, of the center-right National Movement for Stability and Progress, in a close runoff election, winning the ballot by 87 votes compared to 71.
Many local residents, most of whom have known Lazov since he was a child, are delighted to have the youngest mayor in the country. “He’s young, very capable, just perfect. He has a lot of work to do, but he’ll do his best,” Petrunka Rangelova, 79, told Balkan Insight.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/features/29424/