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Bulgarian Reformist Bloc's Radan Kanev, photo by BGNES.
The election of a chairperson of Bulgaria's Reformist bloc due today has been canceled, according to a message by Radan Kanev revealed on social media.
At a congress scheduled for 11.00 am Sunday, the right-wing coalition was to elect a general chairperson. So far the nominated candidates were the leaders of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) Radan Kanev and of the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) Bozhidar Lukarski.
The forum was sabotaged after yesterday the SDS party and Meglena Kuneva issued a joint position that the election of a chairperson should take place on November 10, Nova Tv informs.
According to the leader of DSB Radan Kanev, there will be a forum after all - the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, the Freedom and Dignity People's Party and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union will launch their campaign.
Rumen Hristov, leader of the Union of Democratic Foces (SDS) and deputy chairman of the GERB-SDS parliamentary group, stated on NOVA NEWS that GERB-SDS will remain the leading political force unless a new contender emerges
SDS (UDF) is likely to cooperate with GERB once again for the local vote.
Lilyana Pavlova called for young people to be active in the dialogue for the future of Europe, reported NOVA TV.
On the first government meeting of the Borisov 3 cabinet today, they will consider the nomination for a Bulgarian EU Commissioner, according to BGNES.
The entire party management is resigning.
Former MP and member of New Republic Party, which failed to enter the Parliament Traicho Traikov, predicted a stable government, with good chance to end the mandate during an interview with BTV.
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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