Bulgarian parliamentary election

The Parliament has rejected in first reading amendments to the Election Code proposed by ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB). 98 MPs voted in support, 121 voted against, while 1 abstained, FOCUS News Agency reported.

The first legislation that Bulgaria's ruling centre-right GERB party has proposed within the new 44th National Assembly - the introduction of a majoritarian electoral system - is likely to face opposition from the other four parties in parliament.

The first legislation that Boyko Borisov's centre-right GERB party will table in the Parliament elected in March this year will be to introduce a majoritarian system for electing MPs, parliamentary group leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov said, quoted by Independent Bakan News Agency.

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During parliamentary discussions over the new government, BSP leader Kornelia Ninova said that the Socialist would vote against the new cabinet because of serious disagreements in the sphere of economy, the fight against poverty, the fight against crime, and because intentions were different than previously announced plans, as wells as because the coalition agreement created insecurity in the c

President Rumen Radev has started the constitutional procedure  for holding consultations with the parliamentary political forces before handing over a mandate for forming a government to the candidate for prime minister of the largest of them - GERB, BNR reported.

The political forces represented in the 44th National Assembly have announced their priorities, BNR reported.

The newly elected 44th parliament will have today its initial session. The National Assembly is summoned with a decree of President Rumen Radev and the eldest MP present will unveil it, following the Constitution. This will be the journalist Toma Tomov from the socialists, elected in Blagoevgrad.

A total of 5 political forces enter this parliament:

GERB - 95 MPs

I proposed to Korneliya Ninova for Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) to accept to chair the parliament, but she refused. This is what Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party leader Boyko Borisov said at the National Assembly after the party's meeting with the BSP, according to Focus News.

The leader of GERB Boyko Borisov and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova are expected to meet on Tuesday, in order to discuss the priorities of Bulgaria's forthcoming Presidency of the Council of Europe starting on January 1, 2018, as well as other topical challenges, announced BNR.