FUTURE RULING PARTY LEADER TO BE ELECTED FOR 3-YEAR TERM

Politics | March 27, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

The chairman of the party Simeon II National Movement will be elected at the National Conference for a three-year term, the final draft statute of the movement stipulates. Under the draft statute, prepared by a working group for the party’s constituent assembly April 6, the party will be of electoral type and will share the values and ideas of the European People’s parties. Its leader can also be chairman of the parliamentary group of Simeon II National Movement. The draft statute prohibits double membership. Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, ministers and MPs are expected to discuss the draft documents March 28. The party Simeon II National Movement (SIINM) will be constituted on April 6, it was confirmed after a meeting of Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, the ministers and the MPs from the Simeon II National Movement last week. Before the 2001 general elections the SIINM was denied registration under the Political Parties Act because its statute did not conform to the law. The Movement ran in the elections in a coalition with two small parties using their registration. Over 1000 people are expected become constitutors of the new party. On January 26, the Constituent Assembly of the party Simeon II National Movement was postponed surprisingly by the leader Saxe-Coburg and rescheduled for April 6, 2002. He explained that his commitment to dedicate all his time and efforts to his tasks as Bulgaria's prime minister stop him from taking the position of a party leader.
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