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Photo of the newly elected Chair of the socialist party Mihail Mikov. Photo by BGNES.
Bulgarian socialists may run in the upcoming elections under the name BSP – Left Bulgaria, instead of the former Coalition for Bulgaria.
During Friday's plenum socialists introduced changes to the party's leadership. Krasimir Yankov, Borislav Gutsanov and Emil Kostadinov will all be replaced by Zahari Georgiev, MP from Coalition for Bulgaria in the 42th National Assembly, Nova Tv informed.
Former chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev will not be a part of the leadership of the future BSP - Left Bulgaria coalition. Instead, he is to head the party's Consultative Board, Dnevnik.bg reported.
The plenum began with a speech by the newly-elected party leader Mihail Mikov, who leveled criticism at President Rosen Plevneliev regarding the “clear attempts to interfere with the political life.”
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Bulgaria's largest party GERB and the Reformist Bloc have both taken a U-turn after initially saying they found it impossible to shake hands during the government consultations on Wednesday.
Bulgaria's Central Electoral Committee (CEC) fined the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) Lyutvi Mestan and MP Hyusein Hafsuzov for solicitation in foreign language, which is forbidden by law.
The new National Assembly is to hold its opening session on October 27, at 14:00 EEST, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev announced.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is set to meet on Wednesday all parties and coalitions entering the new Parliament after the October 5 early elections.
Right-wing Reformist Bloc is the third political force to meet conservative GERB as part of the consultations to form a coalition government with shared responsibility.
The centre-right GERB and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) will negotiate on Tuesday afternoon on the formation and support for new government.
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