The MPs met at a regular sitting.
Two resignations and 12 new members of parliament voted in the National Assembly.
The meeting continued with a proposal from the BSP to change the agenda from two to three items. A temporary parliamentary committee on energy crisis has also been proposed.
“I am amazed by the agenda that is offered to us. Every Bulgarian citizen goes to work and makes the necessary. Let’s check how much a working day costs MPs. One nothing is offered to us for our working week, nothing – multiplied by two “, commented from the rostrum Daniel Mitov from GERB.
“In the previous National Assembly we were flooded with bills, but now nothing,” he added.
“I am also amazed by the agenda of the National Assembly – we will discuss a commission on the energy crisis. This sounds very worrying. If the Bulgarian people see what we are doing, they will decide that there really is an energy crisis in Bulgaria. “There is no evidence of a problem with gas and electricity supplies – if we talk about the prices of energy services, this is a completely different issue,” said former energy minister and current GERB MP Temenuzhka Petrova from the parliamentary rostrum.
It turns out that it is as if we in parliament are setting energy prices. Statehood does not start with change, take this into account when preparing the agenda. There are independent bodies in Bulgaria, she was adamant.
“Today’s program voted extraordinary item 3 for the establishment of the Energy Crisis Commission. Yes, but there is no such project – neither in the mailboxes of the parties, nor on the website of the National Assembly. We do not have a project, but we are expected to accept its activity“, said Delyan Dobrev from GERB.
“Will this Commission result in keeping the price of electricity at these levels? Are there any tools? Rumors that someone does not want to reduce the current can not pass. The government or the EWRC should make it clear whether they will keep the price levels and who will pay – someone still pays. As a socialist, you may not understand it, but there is always someone somewhere paying the bill. By keeping the price of electricity for everyone, you keep those who can pay. And will you compensate them? The debate is complex and there is no need for a parliamentary committee. The commission aims to hold the National Assembly accountable after the parliament does not have the tools to decide on electricity prices – this is dishonest. Do we all have to steal the negative if prices go up so that someone can have fun on TV and explains how a bright future will come within this five-year plan“, commented Toma Bikov.
God forbid Mr. Petkov to go to Brussels, the issue will be considered there, not the regent, Bikov added.
“We support the establishment of the temporary commission. We remind you that there are quick and easy mechanisms to stop the boom in electricity prices, even to reduce them. There is no way the executive can hide behind the legislature“, said Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov
“On the one hand, you say that you have a crisis at the global and European level, but you blame everyone outside you – the caretaker government, Khan Krum, Omurtag for the crisis in Bulgaria. We are wasting parliamentary time because of your demagoguery,” BSP MP Filip Popov told GERB.
EWRC is an independent institution and was elected under the Energy Act. Therefore, if we start looking for the truth in it today, we will never get to the truth about the current energy crisis and the truth about the energy in Bulgaria, commented Ramadan Atalay from the MRF from the parliamentary rostrum.
According to him, the change of the management of the regulator will not make the EWRC more independent. Everything that happens in the energy sector, the same thing happens in healthcare, but in my opinion, if we do not make temporary commissions, we will not be on time and will not meet the expectations of society, Atalay added. The MRF MP called on the MPs to stop populism and set up an energy commission, and the EWRC not to close because he warned that there would be protests in front of the Council of Ministers.