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Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov has scolded his Ministers over the appearance of "leaked" anti-crisis measures in the media. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has been enraged by the publication of what were alleged to be draft anti-crisis measures prepared by the government, according to the Trud Daily.
The measures – which included cutting the paid maternity leave in half and taxing retirement pensions and salaries before social security payments had been deducted – were provided to the media by syndicates on Wednesday, and caused a wave of outrage in all strata of society.
Later on Wednesday, the press service of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers issued a statement saying that a number of measures are being discussed by the government but not the ones which have “leaked”.
The Trud Daily cites Labor Minister Totyu Mladenov as saying that the Cabinet discussed certain anti-crisis measures after its meeting on Wednesday but it did not reach any decisions.
According to the paper, which quotes an unnamed source, this is when Prime Minister Borisov scolded the government for allowing the appearance of such measures that it allegedly considered. The PM was angry because he did not want to have any public discussion of an anti-crisis package until the measures are improved by him.
During the Cabinet meeting, one of the Ministers expressed the opinion that the release of the allegedly fake anti-crisis measures had been plotted as a blow against Finance Minister Simeon Djankov. Another one has remarked that if the government approved the reduction of the paid maternity leave, its popularity will plummet to the level of small rightist parties (i.e. below 10%).
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