President Radev Hands Over First Mandate to GERB: Bulgaria Is Set to Have a Government
President Rumen Radev has handed over the first exploratory mandate for forming a government to the GERB party
The executive council of the Reformist Bloc will meet today in order to decide whether the bloc will take advantage of the mandate to form a government which President Rossen Plevneliev will hand over to the formation at 11:00 hrs.
This is the last chance to form a cabinet within the framework of the current parliament before the appointment of a caretaker government.
Last week, the parliamentary group decided that the mandate must be returned. However, according to the leader of SDS Bozhidar Lukarski, the Reformists must try to form a government headed by Boyko Borisov.
After the refusal of GERB and BSP to form a government within the framework of the current Parliament, the Reformist Bloc is the third parliamentary group to receive a survey mandate by the president. If they return it as well, Rossen Plevneliev will have to appoint a caretaker cabinet.
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