A N A LY S E DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS POLIT-BAROMETER Year 20 Issue 1 January- February, 2020 The exacerbation of the politi­cal situation in the country in the first months of this year is due to the shift of political and economic strata in the country, with the new Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev being the main player in this process. Georgi Karasimeonov(Ed.) The escalation of tensions be­tween the president and the government shows that it will be very difficult to find points of agreement for dialogue between them. Tensions in BSP are mount­ing with regard to the up­coming internal elections, which will decide who will be the party leader.