Demerdzhiev's tip-off to the National Audit Office about Peevski's flights will not be examined, Yes, Bulgaria co-chair Ivaylo Mirchev said on BNT's "Oshte ot denya" programme.

Mirchev denied that Yes, Bulgaria (DB) had met Peevski and Borisov or sought their backing in the presidential election. He said no one from the party had asked for such support, openly or in private.

Mirchev called the claims of such meetings a lie from his opponents' campaign. He said they were desperate over the narrow gap in the first round and had resorted to any means to win the second.

The DB co-chair questioned whether Progressive Bulgaria had struck a deal with Peevski and then suggested that DB had sought his support and Borisov's.

"Could it be that someone made a deal with Peevski to end the fight against Peevski and the DPS?" Mirchev asked.

Vitanov said he was ready to talk with Peevski and the DPS about the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS), and GERB said its votes could go to the VSS.

Mirchev said neither GERB nor the DPS had backed DB. The party has appealed to GERB voters who voted for Gyurov and will keep seeking their support.

Iliana Yotova and Kiril Valchev won the presidential election, and Gyurov, whom DB backed, lost the runoff. Mirchev said Yotova drew more votes in the second round because more core party voters had turned out in the first. Votes from Vazrazhdane, Velichie and other parties then joined hers, he said. He added that the campaign was fierce, with scare tactics and efforts to set people against each other.

Mirchev also recalled claims made during the campaign that Gyurov would send young men to Ukraine. He said lies came from all sides, even on election day, and that society is deeply divided. He said he never once heard Gyurov run a dirty campaign against his rival.

Mirchev told BNT: "The president must be a unifier. How Yotova will close the divisions she opened is another question."

Mirchev said DB did all it could, and the party's mobilisation in the vote was between 93% and 98%. He added that a presidential ticket from the democratic camp has reached a runoff for the first time since Petar Stoyanov, and that this energy should be used to move forward.

Support from the vote must turn into action in parliament, so that people are not left disappointed, he said. Many new supporters have appeared around the campaign, and DB wants to involve them in the political process. Mirchev wants some of them to stand as candidates in local elections, to widen support for the party.