Bulgarian ministers to use public transport

The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has asked his ministers to renounce their official cars and chauffeurs and use public transport to get to work. A small step in the right direction, writes the daily Standart: "In many rich countries ministers ride their bikes to work. They decided that for themselves, to please taxpayers who go so far as to wonder if the ministers leave the light on in the bathroom at night. Bulgarian taxpayers are illiterate by contrast. They can't calculate their own finances, let alone wonder if public officials are wasting their tax money. They are poor but generous. For that reason this austerity measure is a wonderful idea. The state should renounce idle doormen, official cars, chauffeurs, secretaries and other conveniences. After all, that's what the private sector does."

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