Bulgarian Cabinet is Shaking, Another Party Leaves Parliament

MPs from "Volya" also leave the National Assembly. This was announced by party leader Veselin Mareshki at a briefing in parliament. However, it was not clear what are the reasons for leaving after Mareshki said he could not yet share them.

Thus "Volya" becomes the second parliamentary group, which will not participate in the plenary sittings, after the MPs of BSP are absent from the plenary hall since 17 February.

"Today, at the meeting of the parliamentary group leadership, we also decided to leave the parliament, and in order to avoid any false news and speculation, I wanted to communicate it personally." "I can not say the reasons for the moment, because the talks are still going on, said in front of journalists Mareshki.

"I just want to emphasize that one of the key roles of "Volya "in parliament is to highlight the lies and manipulations in both parliament, politics and society as a whole, and to remove the masks of the fake politicians and parties. Our decision today to accept it as part of our consistent policy, "he said.

Veselin Mareshki clarified that later in the afternoon or on Friday the party will give more clarification about his decision.

Without the 12 MEPs, the quorum in the National Assembly is questioned, as the ruling coalition of GERB and the United Patriots has a total of 122 of the 121 MPs required for the quorum. Neither GERB nor the United Patriots expressed concern about a possible parliamentary crisis.

However, the chairman of the GERB parliamentary group Tsvetan Tsvetanov did not see a problem because the GERB and the Patriots had a total of 122 votes, while in the Netherlands the quorum was also lower.

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