Parliament can not agree on a common position on Russia’s attacks in Ukraine – Politics

Three hours after the beginning of the plenary day, the political parties in the parliament cannot unite around a common position of the National Assembly on the military actions, which Russia started this morning in Ukraine. It is noteworthy that on several occasions the chairmen of the parliamentary groups meet in joint meetings, but so far no common position has emerged from them.

Formally, there was a desire for a declaration by all political forces represented in parliament, but the positions are still being clarified, commented the participants in the meetings. Meanwhile, Hristo Ivanov of Democratic Bulgaria used the discussions on the budget of the judiciary to express a position on the military actions of “a dictator trying to revise the post-war order“.

GERB deputies left parliament temporarily to join an extraordinary statement by their leader Boyko Borissov at the party headquarters. From the speech of the former prime minister it became clear that his party insisted on accepting as a general declaration, which GERB – UDF presented two days ago.

The first two points are that the National Assembly “condemns the gross violation of international law by the Russian Federation and another encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine” and calls on its partners and allies in the EU and NATO to consider and impose maximum sanctions on Russian Federation “. According to Borissov, two parties in parliament did not accept the sanctions section, without giving their names. However, it was not clear from the statement of the GERB leader whether his deputies are participating in the writing of a new joint declaration and not the one imposed by the former ruling party. Otherwise Borisov announced for “unity of the nation.”

Andrei Gyurov, chairman of the We Continue Change group, said he intended to make a joint declaration earlier in the day, with leaders of all other parties represented in parliament except Kostadin Kostadinov of the pro-Russian Vazrazhdane party. According to Gurov, however, the declaration would still be joint.

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