Bulgaria Very Likely to Hold Early Elections End-April
After the announcement of the collective resignation of Bulgaria's center-right GERB government, all parties represented in Parliament made clear that they would seek early elections.
After the announcement of the collective resignation of Bulgaria's center-right GERB government, all parties represented in Parliament made clear that they would seek early elections.
Bulgaria's Parliament will vote Thursday to fill the vacancies at the Constitutional Court and the Commission for Establishing Property Acquired from Criminal Activity, according to Iskra Fidosova, Chair of the Parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee.
The parliamentary group of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, will vote yes Thursday on the resignation of the government.
Center-right ruling party GERB will unanimously back the collective resignation of the Cabinet on Thursday and will not accept a mandate to form a caretaker government, according to Iskra Fidosova, Deputy Chair of the parliamentary group of GERB.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, will return the mandate to appoint an interim government and calls on all other parliamentary represented parties to do the same.
A few hours after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced the collective resignation of the Cabinet, his fans set up a Facebook group "Protest in Support of Boyko Borisov.
According to article 111 of the Bulgarian Constitution, the powers of the Council of Ministers shall be terminated by: a vote of no confidence; accepting the resignation of the Council of Ministers or of the Prime Minister, or upon the latter's death.
Pro-government protesters plan to lay flowers to honor the injured in Tuesday's protests at the Orlov Most junction in Sofia and the Parliament building.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is to make a statement on Wednesday's surprising resignation of the country's government on the following day, his press office has stated.
A caretaker government may succeed Bulgaria's center-right cabinet of Boyko Borisov, who resigned shockingly on Wednesday.
The leader of the marginal conservative Order, Law and Justice party, RZS, Yane Yanev, declared Wednesday he was ready to become the next Prime Minister of the country.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared that he does not intend to work any longer with Finance Minister Simeon Djankov.
The resignation of Bulgaria's government is a panicked, desperate move, according to the leader of the major opposition Socialist party.
Bulgaria's finance minster, who was shockingly dismissed earlier in the week only to be followed by the resignation of the whole government, has said he remains in office.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party is yet to come up with an official statement regarding the shocking resignation of the country's center-right GERB government.
Bulgaria's Parliament will vote on the center-right GERB government's resignation on Thursday, it has been made clear.
The consultations of President, Rosen Plevneliev, with the opposition, left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, scheduled for Wednesday have been cancelled.
Several Bulgarian ministers were taken by surprise Wednesday, as Prime Minister Boyko Borisov shockingly announced that he and his cabinet are to resign later that day.
Bulgarian right-wing leader Martin Dimitrov has called for snap elections in the aftermath of the Cabinet's shocking resignation on Wednesday.
Outgoing Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, whose resignation was announced Monday, declined to comment on the decision of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to resign.
Bulgaria's government had no other choice but to resign and quell mass protests, according to former EU commissioner Meglena Kuneva.
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