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MP Petar Korumbashev, former MP Tatyana Doncheva and former MEP Atanas Paparizov have withdrawn their bids to run as the leftist Bulgarian Socialist Party's presidential runner.
Thus, only five hopefuls remain in the race for the left wingers' presidential candidates – former Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin (2005-2009), current Presidential Advisor, Ivo Atanasov, former MEP Georgi Bliznashki, and the leader of BSP in the Sofia suburb of Bankiya, Stefan Vasilev.
Earlier on Saturday, a businessman from Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv, Georgi Gergov, as well as one more nominee, Ivan Gaytandzhiev, also withdrew their nominations run for President on the ballot of the leftists.
The National Council of the oppositional Bulgarian Socialist Party is convening Saturday to decide on their nomination to run for President.
The forum is also discussing the party's election platform, where it is written that the President of Bulgaria must be "active, leader of the unification of the nation, guarantor of democracy, and statesman with a strategic vision for Bulgaria."
The document has a special section assessing the two terms of the former BSP leader, President, Georgi Parvanov, and Vice-President, Angel Marin, pointing out these two terms have demonstrated that the presidential institution can overcome party interests all while Parvanov had outlined national priorities and engaged other institutions with the real problems of Bulgarians.
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The Commission for Protection of Personal Data has fined Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Ministry for making public nearly 37 000 permanent addresses in the country of Bulgarian voters residing abroad.
Bulgaria spared over BGN 8 M in state budget money by carrying out its local and presidential elections on the same date in 2011, the country's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has stated.
Former Justice Minister Margarita Popova was nominated by the ruling centrist-right party GERB to run for Vice President of Bulgaria in the elections that took place on October 23 2011.
Rosen Plevneliev, former Bulgarian Regional Development Minister, was elected President on the ticket of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria part (GERB) on October 30 2011.
Rosen Plevneliev, Bulgaria's newly elected President, will be officially sworn in on Thursday.
Bulgaria's President-elect and Vice President-elect, Rosen Plevneliev and Margarita Popova, will take the oath of office before the National Assembly on Thursday, January 19.
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