Bulgaria's Outgoing FinMin: I Won't Run for New Term

Business » FINANCE | March 1, 2013, Friday // 16:37
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Outgoing FinMin: I Won't Run for New Term Simeon Djankov leaves, never to return. Photo by BGES

Bulgaria's finance minster, who was shockingly dismissed last month only to be followed by the resignation of the whole government, has no plans to run for office again.

"I will never serve as Bulgaria's finance minister again, but if I had to start all over again I would have done it in exactly the same way," Simeon Djankov said from the parliamentary rostrum on Friday.

"I am fully aware that may be I am the minister people hate most, but this is only natural for a finance minister in times of crisis," he explained.

"I have never acted under pressure, I did what I did because I believed that was the right solution."

"Bulgaria is in good financial health thanks to my resoluteness. Going bankrupt was a realistic scenario for Bulgaria and then everyone of us was to be much poorer."

According to local media reports, which emerged last week, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov was very likely to be appointed caretaker Prime Minister because maintaining financial stability will be of crucial importance.

Djankov has refused to comment but sources close to him have adamantly rejected the rumors.

Outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has already declared that Djankov will not be included in a potential new GERB government.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Finance » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: finance minister, Simeon Djankov, caretaker government, parliament, Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, Cabinet, Bulgaria, protests, resignation, sofia

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria