Waiting for the Third Term: No Talks, but Iva Miteva is Favored for Prime Minister

There will be no official talks about the future government between the parties before the third term, but  "Democratic Bulgaria" and "Stand up. BG! We are coming!" announced that the Speaker of the 46th Parliament Iva Miteva has qualities and would be a great choice for Prime Minister.

It is unknown at this time to which political formation President Rumen Radev will hand over the last term to form a government, and the deadline is Friday. There are assumptions among the deputies that the mandate will be either for BSP or for "Stand up. BG! We are coming!".

The only official invitation for a conversation is from BSP's Cornelia Ninova, who invites the so-called "parties of the protests" at a meeting without populism and party egocentrism for workable decisions on budget updates. According to the Bulgarian Socialists, a majority to change the budget law could be the basis for a majority to stand behind a regular cabinet.

Iva Miteva - Prime Minister?

Neither "Stand up.BG! We are coming!" nor "Democratic Bulgaria" intend to initiate an official meeting for future government before the third term, the two parliamentary groups told Dnevnik today. Although Maya Manolova had such a proposal, "There Is Such a People" did not respond to a future conversation, and Cornelia Ninova announced that the meetings before the mandate were handed over were "unconstitutional".

However, the two protest parties announced that Parliament Speaker Iva Miteva has qualities and would be a great choice for prime minister. This suggestion was first launched by the co-chair of Democratic Bulgaria, Atanas Atanasov, who told BTV on Monday that "There Is Such a People" should nominate a prime minister with a third term, and Iva Miteva has "the...

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