Welcome to Gulubovo - a place where the air kills, protests are crushed, journalists are persecuted, and the mayor acts like a god. A town where the law is hypocrisy, power is feudal, and the municipality is the private property of one man with six terms behind him: Nikolay Tonev, the right-hand man of Delyan Peevski and a proud representative of DPS – New Beginning(a political party).

The story is brutal, yet true. Investigative and persistent young journalist Pelo Krastev decides to give voice to the testimonies of Georgi Mihaylov, a former mayoral candidate and current municipal councillor from VMRO, now part of the political group “Velichie”(Greatness). The revelations are shocking: Nikolay Tonev has turned Gulubovo into a personal empire. He represses dissenters, crushes their businesses, shuts down pensioners' clubs, street lighting, and water supply. He closes car washes, moves trash containers in front of opponents’ homes, and spreads fear.

After the investigative report aired, all hell broke loose: daily videos with insults, mockery, and threats targeting the journalist personally. In one of them, Tonev says, "Pelo should leave Bulgaria if “Velichie”(Greatness) doesn't enter Parliament." In another, he slanders his deceased mother, claiming she "abandoned him." He even goes as far as mocking the poor, Roma, the socially disadvantaged, and people with disabilities – videos with overt racist and Nazi elements, broadcast from the office of a sitting mayor!

And where is the prosecutor’s office? Where are the authorities? Drowned in silence.

Gulubovo is suffocating in toxic gases from Kovachki’s power plants, while Tonev is not only failing to stop the crime – he’s protecting it. Amid scandalous illegal landfills filmed by “Antimafia,” the mayor posts mocking videos comparing Roma children to animals and shouting, “Come here, Pelo, and film this!”

Meanwhile, the mayor boasts about bitcoins, trips to Greece and Turkey, and stays in luxury hotels, while his residents breathe sulfur dioxide and feed their children with air. The municipality's secretary – supposedly a journalist – writes PR articles for him. No criticism allowed. Zero freedom of speech.

And when Pelo Krastev refused to be afraid, when he did not back down, the mayor threatened him with a 10,000 BGN lawsuit for daring to show cracked asphalt and the illegal demolition of a building belonging to a political opponent.

And this is not an isolated case. Journalist Venelina Popova was also threatened after an investigation for "Radio Free Europe." She was told she would “disappear from the country.” There are witnesses.

Nikolay Tonev is just one of the new army of mayors loyal to Delyan Peevski – operating like a criminal network, with sects featuring cults of personality, repressive administrations, feudal control over municipalities, and luxury for cronies, while the people suffer misery. After the local elections in the village of Glavan, the new mayor, not from Tonev’s circle, immediately had pension payments and street lighting cut off. Punishment for not being “one of them.”

To top it off, the mayor invades personal space, calling Pelo a “lame horse,” “useless,” mocking his clothes, and accusing him of being paid by Velichie. But Pelo is simply doing journalism.

This is not a political struggle. This is a fight for the nation's conscience.

Peevski has found a way to conquer local power – not with social programs, but through threats, silence, and the personal humiliation of anyone who dares to stand up.

But Bulgaria is not a pigsty. Bulgaria is a cause. And it has its bees, not its flies.

“Antimafia” is launching a campaign: “The Mafia’s Mayors.” We will expose them one by one. With videos. With documents. With testimonies. And we will give a voice to everyone who has been oppressed.

Because Bulgaria will be free. Not tomorrow – today.

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