President Radev announced who will be the Next Caretaker Prime Minister of Bulgaria

President Rumen Radev (left) and current Caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev (right)

"There is no Radev model, there is a Constitution. It is written there, when the parties cannot form a government, the president forms one. Yes, the next caretaker prime minister will be the old caretaker prime minister. The caretaker government is a counterpoint to feudalization and stagnation. People will look for the team management model. In the next elections, the political space will be fragmented and the government will have to be a coalition. There will be a fight for ministerial seats again. The caretaker government began to implement the platforms of the political parties one by one, erasing them from their slogans."

This was stated by President Rumen Radev during a long interview with "Darik Radio". He also tried to answer the question why he handed over the mandate to BSP. In his words, when a decision is made to hand over a mandate, all possible situations are analyzed, the reasons that could lead to the explosion of a coalition in its infancy are analyzed.

"Here there was great unrest in the society, why not 'Democratic Bulgaria'. Of course, 'Democratic Bulgaria' has its chances, at least it did and it seemed so. But you know that in recent years Mr. Hristo Ivanov talked continuously that GERB and DPS should be quarantined for many years, the slogan 'never GERB' was raised. When GERB made and actively preceded the proposal to 'Democratic Bulgaria' to form a government, in this case the leadership of 'Democratic Bulgaria' kept silent, they did not say no. This was the change. There was hesitation, but for the first time they did not say no. This failure to say no gave rise to legitimate concerns that perhaps a large part of the electorate of 'Democratic Bulgaria' will fly away in one election if this government fails to form...

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