[1][2] She became a member of Bulgaria's National Assembly, representing the Bulgarian Socialist Party in August 2005, taking part in numerous parliamentary commissions.
She lost that position after her party's exit from government following the 2014 Bulgarian parliamentary election, but was reеlected as a member of the National Assembly for another term.
[7] Manolova was extremely active during her tenure as Ombudsman, helping push through several landmark laws as she positioned herself as a "defender of the little people", which made her very popular among the Bulgarian public.
[10] After resigning as Ombudsman, she entered into the race for Mayor of Sofia in the 2019 Bulgarian local elections as an independent candidate without a formal affiliation to a political party.
[11] Nevertheless, the Sofia branch of the Bulgarian Socialist Party decided to support and formally endorse her candidacy several days later on 11 September.
[17] A week after the vote, Manolova officially filed a motion before the Bulgarian judiciary for the election in Sofia to be annulled and rerun, presenting 14 folders of what she dubbed as evidence of "heavy violations" of Bulgaria's electoral code and law, which she deemed had undermined the fairness of the election and skewed its result.
[22] Despite numerous efforts from her parliamentary group and the one of Democratic Bulgaria, they could not reach an agreement with the first political power There is Such a People to form a government.
Manolova and the leader of Democratic Bulgaria Hristo Ivanov shared their concerns that There is Such a People's actions were dictated by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms and GERB.
[23] Tensions rose so much that once Manolova accused Slavi Trifonov from the parliamentary tribune of trying to persuade her to not become a candidate for mayor of Sofia back in 2019 "for something in return".
As Manolova said, they achieved their goal to take down GERB and now each of the members had to go in their path - either to the left or to the right of the political spectrum.
[28] According to the political declaration of the party, the main goal of Stand Up Bulgaria is for Bulgarians to live in a fair, social state, without poverty and inequalities, with the rule of law and intransigence towards corruption, for Bulgaria to be a country with a high standard of living, an innovative economy, affordable quality education and health care for all and clean nature.
According to Manolova, although Ninova claimed that no ammunition would be sent to Ukraine, her signature as minister of economics was under every deal for weapon export.
Its main causes were peace due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, increased social spendings by the government, decrease of energy prices and gasoline, and the rights of handicapped people.
[36] The coalition later participated in the 2023 Bulgarian local elections and was together with BSP raised Vanya Grigorova as a candidate for mayor of Sofia.