[5] Shortly thereafter, the movement was endorsed by TV star Slavi Trifonov and subsequently drafted and created a Law for Personal Assistance, which they demanded the government sign.
However, Vice-Premier Valeri Simeonov disagreed publicly with the concessions on national TV, calling the association's members "bitchy women" with "pretend-sick children".
This triggered a tripling in the number of demonstrators at the movement's rallies, which in turn pressured the government into sacking Simeonov from his position on 16 November that same year.
[7] In May 2020, the movement joined forces with Izpravise.BG, a 'civic platform' led by former Ombudswoman Maya Manolova to demand that the government adopt a plan to deal with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria.
[8] On 1 August 2020, The System Kills Us officially joined the 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests against the government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.
[9][10] System Kills Us' spokesperson stated that they would keep their protest routes a secret, as they feared retaliation from the ruling party's youth wing, alleging that the youth wing had threatened to lay nails and broken glass on the road in order to pop the tyres of their vehicles, so that they wouldn't "disturb the prime minister".