President Rumen Radev handed over the first mandate to form a GERB government. Candidate for Prime Minister of the largest parliamentary group of the 45th National Assembly Daniel Mitov arrived in person at the presidency building to hand over the mandate.
“Dear Mr. Mitov, pursuant to Article 99, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, I assign you to form a government. I expect within 7 days to propose a composition of the Council of Ministers that meets public expectations for justice, social engagement. and economic growth. A government that will effectively lead the country and bring it out of the current crisis, “the head of state said.
Borissov announces ministers in Mitov’s draft cabinet (VIDEO)
GERB leader Boyko Borissov has already announced the names of politicians nominated for ministerial posts in a possible future cabinet. By law, if the first political force fails to garner support in parliament, a second attempt with the next party follows – “There are such people.” If a third term is served, it is given to a political force at the discretion of the head of state.
After the mandate was handed over, the candidate for prime minister Daniel Mitov spoke to the media.
“There are people in our cabinet with clear biographies and good training who are ready from the first day of taking office, if approved, to take on their role and deal with both the pandemic crisis and propose measures to economic recovery after it, “Mitov said.
According to him, GERB will seek support from the parties whose ideology is closest to that of Borissov’s formation. Such is “Democratic Bulgaria”, which will be invited for talks, although it has already announced that it will not give its support to the GERB / UDF government.
“We will also invite the group of ‘There is such a people. We will consider all options for what kind of cabinet can be formed. Compromises are always made when it comes to support and coalition formulas. We will not seek support from the BSP and MRF,” he said. was the prime ministerial candidate.
“I hope that in the Bulgarian political life and in the parliament the normal state speech and the serious attitude to things can be restored. The campaign is over. Now we are in a period when we have to work, a stable cabinet is needed,” Mitov added.
He stressed that GERB will not unnecessarily delay the procedure for forming a new government. “If we consider that there is no chance for our project cabinet to be supported, we will make a decision as soon as possible,” Mitov said.
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