Bulgaria: The Movement for Rights and Freedoms met with the President for Consultations

President Rumen Radev continues the political consultations for forming a government with the parliamentary groups in the 49th National Assembly.

At 11:00 a.m., the meeting of the head of state with the representatives of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) began. On behalf of the DPS, Mustafa Karadayi and Yordan Tsonev participated in today's consultations. The chairman of the Movement treated the head of state with sweets and baklava, as today Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr, also known as Sweet Eid, precisely because sweets are given as gifts.

At the beginning of the meeting, Rumen Radev recalled that at the previous consultations (during the formation of the 48th National Assembly), Mr. Karadayi was right, indicating that the parties in the new parliament will achieve the same result in percentage terms.

"Even back then, you called for a new look at the political process and the search for new approaches to the formation of a ruling majority. You laid out in your campaign the need to seek dialogue, reason and compromise, and in my opinion, this is one of the reasons for consolidating your solid presence in parliament ", noted the head of state.

"As a party with a lot of parliamentary experience, I would like to hear your assessment of the political processes in the 49th National Assembly and how you assess the possibility of forming a government. Because before the parliament, and before the Presidency, the challenges are enormous", Radev asked at the beginning of the consultations with DPS.

"There is also a risk of not forming a government, and if we follow the standard procedure with the distribution of mandates, this will also lead to a failure in legislative activity, which will have lasting...