Desislava Atanasova
The Bulgarian Parliament Terminated the powers of MP Vezhdi Rashidov
With 103 votes "for", the National Assembly terminated the powers of the People's Representative from GERB Vezhdi Rashidov. Only "Vazrazhdane" voted three "against" and 27 "abstained".
The Speaker of the Parliament, Rosen Zhelyazkov, expressed his thanks and best wishes to Rashidov:
All Parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament, except BSP and “Vazrazhdane” declared In Favor of Ukraine joining NATO
A project of a declaration in support of Ukraine's membership in NATO was submitted to the registry of the National Assembly by leading representatives of all parliamentary groups with the exception of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and "Vazrazhdane" (Revival).
Bulgaria: WCC-DB and GERB-SDS renewed Negotiations for a Government
WCC-DB renewed negotiations with GERB-SDS in the National Assembly, led by the nominees for prime ministers from both coalitions, Nikolay Denkov and Mariya Gabriel, and in the presence of the leaders of the political formations.
After the Recordings: The Leadership of GERB will Analyze the New Political Situation
The executive committee of GERB will meet today to analyze the new political situation after yesterday the deputy of "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" Radostin Vassilev announced that he was leaving the group and released a recording made by him without the knowledge of his colleagues from a meeting of the leadership of "We Continue the Change".
WCC-DB: Desislava Atanasova from GERB violated the Gentlemen's Agreement
"We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) accused the chairwoman of the GERB-SDS parliamentary group, Desislava Atanasova, of violating the gentlemen's agreement on the rotation of the chairmanship of the parliament and the legal commission.
Bulgarian Politics: GERB Immediately Returned the Mandate to form a Government
GERB-SDS did not take the exploratory mandate to form a government within the framework of the 47th National Assembly. The party's refusal was announced by the chairwoman of the parliamentary group Desislava Atanasova.
GERB will not hold Talks on Supporting a Government in this Parliament
"GERB-SDS will not conduct any talks to support a government within this parliament with any mandate", the chairwoman of the parliamentary group Desislava Atanasova told journalists on the sidelines of the National Assembly. "We believe", she pointed out, "that it is right to have early parliamentary elections as quickly as possible".
Lubomir Karimanski was not elected as Head of the Bulgarian National Bank
The candidate of "There Is Such a People" Lubomir Karimanski was not elected head of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). 59 voted in favor, 36 against, 140 abstained.
Karimanski was supported by GERB and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms during the debate.
Bulgarian Parliamentary Delegation to Pay an Official Visit to the Republic of Korea
A delegation of Bulgarian Parliament, headed by its President Dimitar Glavchev will pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea from August 21st to the 23rd at the invitation of Chung Sye-kyun, speaker of the country's National Assembly.
The Bulgarian delegation will hold talks in parliament and will meet with the country's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon.