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Bulgaria's New Cabinet-The Day After Tomorrow
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It turns out the floods that recently befell Bulgaria became the reason for the three political forces to make up their minds and settle on the long-cherished and much-disputed coalition agreement. Photo by Kameliya Atanasova (Sofia News Agency)
By Despina Koleva
After almost two months of political lingering, Bulgaria finally has a brand-new, left-centrist government.
But what was the whole bother about? Socialist coalition for Bulgaria (CB), Simeon II National Movement (SIINM) and the predominantly ethnic Turkish Movement For Rights and Freedoms (MRF) are basically to rule the country as they were to do it had the first mandate succeeded. CB leader Sergey Stanishev is the new Prime Minister, as he was long ago intended to be.
True, the Cabinet was installed in the third mandate to form a government, with MRF as mandate holder. The Turks, however, have remained firm to their coalition engagements from the beginning. Thus, the end result has remained unchanged-a trilateral, Socialist-led coalition for Bulgaria's new government and Stanishev comfortably settled in the PM seat.
But, at the end of the day, what made the three political forces make up their minds and settle on the long-cherished and much-disputed coalition agreement? The answer is to be found on page one of Stanishev's program declaration. It reads, "Thousands of houses were swept away, kilometers of roads disappeared in minutes, crops are under question. For tens of thousands of Bulgarians passing the winter has turned in a real and scary problem."
In short, it turns out the floods that recently befell Bulgaria became the reason for the country to finally acquire a Cabinet. Therefore, it is quite reasonable to believe that it takes a natural calamity of Biblical proportions to make Bulgarian politicians shake their behinds in an attempt to work out a solution in their country's benefit.
So, after a long day of running back and forth, throwing insults at one another and state institutions, MPs approved the new government, putting an end to the pains of journalists, who patiently waited around the parliamentary lobbies. Thus, the Stanishev-Saxe-Coburg-Dogan trio became the new Bulgarian knights in shining armor.
Their intentions to save the flood-hit country became clearly evident, as new ministers rushed to make statements on how to help suffering municipalities right after they left the parliamentary hall. It even seemed as if coalition partners had decided to cut on money for their celebration, as it lasted minutes-long and was deprived of obvious pomposity. A glass of champagne and a few hurriedly exchanged congratulations was all it took.
And so, Bulgaria's aspiring heroes departed on their quest to save the country. What remained hovering around the empty halls of the country's 40th National Assembly was the question of what calamities should Bulgaria suffer to allow the trilateral coalition work in the long run.
After almost two months of political lingering, Bulgaria finally has a brand-new, left-centrist government.
But what was the whole bother about? Socialist coalition for Bulgaria (CB), Simeon II National Movement (SIINM) and the predominantly ethnic Turkish Movement For Rights and Freedoms (MRF) are basically to rule the country as they were to do it had the first mandate succeeded. CB leader Sergey Stanishev is the new Prime Minister, as he was long ago intended to be.
True, the Cabinet was installed in the third mandate to form a government, with MRF as mandate holder. The Turks, however, have remained firm to their coalition engagements from the beginning. Thus, the end result has remained unchanged-a trilateral, Socialist-led coalition for Bulgaria's new government and Stanishev comfortably settled in the PM seat.
But, at the end of the day, what made the three political forces make up their minds and settle on the long-cherished and much-disputed coalition agreement? The answer is to be found on page one of Stanishev's program declaration. It reads, "Thousands of houses were swept away, kilometers of roads disappeared in minutes, crops are under question. For tens of thousands of Bulgarians passing the winter has turned in a real and scary problem."
In short, it turns out the floods that recently befell Bulgaria became the reason for the country to finally acquire a Cabinet. Therefore, it is quite reasonable to believe that it takes a natural calamity of Biblical proportions to make Bulgarian politicians shake their behinds in an attempt to work out a solution in their country's benefit.
So, after a long day of running back and forth, throwing insults at one another and state institutions, MPs approved the new government, putting an end to the pains of journalists, who patiently waited around the parliamentary lobbies. Thus, the Stanishev-Saxe-Coburg-Dogan trio became the new Bulgarian knights in shining armor.
Their intentions to save the flood-hit country became clearly evident, as new ministers rushed to make statements on how to help suffering municipalities right after they left the parliamentary hall. It even seemed as if coalition partners had decided to cut on money for their celebration, as it lasted minutes-long and was deprived of obvious pomposity. A glass of champagne and a few hurriedly exchanged congratulations was all it took.
And so, Bulgaria's aspiring heroes departed on their quest to save the country. What remained hovering around the empty halls of the country's 40th National Assembly was the question of what calamities should Bulgaria suffer to allow the trilateral coalition work in the long run.
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