Bulgaria after the elections: New elections and a hot political show
Although it won the most votes, PM Boyko Borissov’s ruling party GERB ended up entirely isolated in the new Parliament, which was formed following the regular Parliamentary elections on April 4. The new kingmaker is the party There Is Such a People led by showman Stanislav Trifonov, which came out second in its firs time ever running in elections, and overtook Korneliya Ninova’s Bulgarian Socialist Party.
This Parliament will likely be one of the shortest in Bulgaria’s recent history. After three terms as PM for Boyko Borissov and 12 years leading the country, his party is thought of as toxic and deemed an undesirable partner for a coalition, while the so-called parties of the protests TISP, Democratic Bulgaria, Rise up! Thugs Out! have even set out to root out the corruptive model established by GERB.
BSP which took a heavy blow on these elections, pledged it will support a cabinet led by Trifonov wif he demolished the “parallel state”. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) – the party of the Turkish ethnic minority, thought of as GERB’s behind-the-scenes puppet master - promised the same – apparently looking to position itself in the new political reality.
President Roumen Radev will hold consultations on Monday with all six Parliament parties before he formally hands the mandate to form a government to the party won the most votes – GERB. This mandate, however, will most likely fail, despite Borissov decision to not to propose himself for PM. In the first time in GERB’s history, the party will nominate someone other than Borissov for PM – Daniel Mitov – a pro Euro Atlantic former foreign minister in Borissov’s second government between 2014 and 2017, who developed his political career in pro-reformist right wing liberal parties but is now a member of GERB.
The party of the showman Slavi Trifonov signaled that it might return the mandate for forming a cabinet, which will likely lead to the third and last party that the president can hand the mandate to – BSP – to do the same.
This Parliament will likely be one of the shortest in Bulgaria’s recent history. After three terms as PM for Boyko Borissov and 12 years leading the country, his party is thought of as toxic and deemed an undesirable partner for a coalition, while the so-called parties of the protests TISP, Democratic Bulgaria, Rise up! Thugs Out! have even set out to root out the corruptive model established by GERB.
BSP which took a heavy blow on these elections, pledged it will support a cabinet led by Trifonov wif he demolished the “parallel state”. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) – the party of the Turkish ethnic minority, thought of as GERB’s behind-the-scenes puppet master - promised the same – apparently looking to position itself in the new political reality.
President Roumen Radev will hold consultations on Monday with all six Parliament parties before he formally hands the mandate to form a government to the party won the most votes – GERB. This mandate, however, will most likely fail, despite Borissov decision to not to propose himself for PM. In the first time in GERB’s history, the party will nominate someone other than Borissov for PM – Daniel Mitov – a pro Euro Atlantic former foreign minister in Borissov’s second government between 2014 and 2017, who developed his political career in pro-reformist right wing liberal parties but is now a member of GERB.
The party of the showman Slavi Trifonov signaled that it might return the mandate for forming a cabinet, which will likely lead to the third and last party that the president can hand the mandate to – BSP – to do the same.
Източник: mediapool.bg
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