Unusually humble and even a little desperate, the deputies returned after the third presidential council in an attempt to finally elect the head of the new parliament. The announced break of 30 minutes has been extended to 4 hours, but there is still no solution.
“Aman! It is as if we were electing the new Miss Bulgaria. We decide one thing and then we get fired. We have become the laughing stock of all Bulgaria”, muttered the elected officials on the sidelines.
Hristo Ivanov from DB explained that they agreed to try a new vote in the courtroom. They insisted once again on a principle of rotation, including the role of vice-presidents.
PP insists that “previous experience as president or vice president” should be recorded in the criteria for choosing a boss. It is very important to maintain a constructive tone and that the person is a non-confrontational person, said Kiril Petkov. The most important thing is to strive to nominate candidates with high public confidence, he said. I don’t know to what extent it seemed acceptable, but it’s not a bad bridge for any group to propose 1-2 candidates from another political force. It may sound different to you, but I want to say it. Let’s approach rationally in a reasonable way and in a different way than in the last two days “, he added, causing tension in the room.
Daniel Mitov of GERB stressed that two of the criteria cannot be measured: “politics is a field of conflict, of those, of visions for the organization of a country”. We are all conflicting personality types here, and that’s normal. There is a clash in politics, how is it measured? High public confidence: are we looking at sociology? We all have one after we are here and have been chosen. For me, these criteria seem difficult to meet, “he added.
The head of the PG of the GERB, Desislava Atanasova, indicated that he had insisted in the plenary to begin discussing the rules with the consent of the management of the PG. “We have been having the same debate for more than 30 hours. In all awareness, I hope that since there is no agreement on this subject that can be objectified in the form of a majority, it would be very difficult and with many compromises to decide everything else,” she said.
“Yesterday DB offered a way out, we, even knowing that it was not a provision of the constitution, showed support, we took the hand to seek consensus. Also this morning I congratulated the PP on the resignation of Mr. Minchev, because it was also a concession, after another presidential council also withdrew our nomination, although the spirit of parliamentarism is almost certain that the party that has garnered the most public trust should get the first-rate loot. he has gathered consensus. I also suggested that we join, if possible, and seek an agreement on other criteria, free of political bias, criteria that can be evaluated outside the political logic and the formation of parliamentary majorities “, Atanasova also stressed. .
He suggested that the older person should be appointed president and that he should have deputies, so that parliament can make decisions, formally or not. This means, in practice, that 67-year-old Vezhdi Rashidov of the GERB will remain at the head of the National Assembly. The other idea was for the third political force to issue an appointment. The appointment of Mr. Tsonev is for an experienced person, but this did not garner the necessary majority, Atanasova pointed out.
PP wants the head of the National Assembly to be an experienced person so that the parliament can work effectively. There are people with experience in this room, she pointed out and admitted that there is no way to write it in the rules, but it can be taken into account in the selection. “It’s easier to assess who is most in conflict, which disqualifies me. Let’s pick a person who won’t blow up the room,” Asen Vasilev insisted.
“Obviously there is a division because of the red, orange lines, of all kinds. Candidates who have a serious political career could hardly find support here in the National Assembly. At least in words there is a desire to reach an agreement” , Kostadin Kostadinov of “Vazrazhdane” added “.
“Vazrazhdane” proposed appointing people with no political experience, even those who are for the first time in the National Assembly and have not faced political opponents. According to him, the reaction “Who is this” is better than “This is not”.
