Bulgaria's Political Crisis: WCC-DB Returned Second Mandate Unfulfilled - President To Convene The Parties In 10 Days

The President handed "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) the second mandate to form a government.

WCC-DB in turn returned the unfulfilled second mandate to form a government. "I will return the mandate unfulfilled, since in the current National Assembly there is no longer support even for the management program that we adopted with GERB 9 months ago. There is also no support for the reforms that were the basis for the formation of this government. The GERB-DPS coalition actually wants elections and this is the result of their desire. The negotiations were conducted pro forma with the clear purpose for the country to be sent to elections," said the resigned Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov upon returning the mandate.

"We will not participate in negotiations for a third term. Our request is, if you can save 100 million leva for the Bulgarian citizens, so that two elections are not held, I ask you to make an effort. I know that this is not entirely in your powers, but it is not enough that the state is going into chaos because GERB forgot their promises, but at least if we can save the Bulgarian taxpayers BGN 100 million for holding two elections", said Kiril Petkov, co-chairman of WCC-DB.

Regarding indicators that there were no real negotiations, Denkov pointed out that:

• Mariya Gabriel from GERB presented to the president ministers whose consent to participate in the government she did not have;
• Gabriel has signed a unilateral agreement, the text of which was not agreed with "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria;
• GERB negotiating team has repeatedly left the meetings with the coalition

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