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Prime Minister Boyko Borissov held a meeting with the coalition partners from United Patriots at the Council of Ministers, Focus News Agency has reported.

In a televised interview, parliamentary leader of ruling GERB party, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, said that the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov was not surprising, quoted by the Bulgarian National Television. 

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. He announced his decision to withdraw from office at an extraordinary press conference at the Council of Ministers on Friday evening, 16th of November, reports BNT. 

Valeri Simeonov, Bulgaria's vice-prime minister for demography and economy, announced his resignation on Friday evening following more than a month of protests by mothers of disabled children who were calling for him to stand down.

The desire for change and the accumulating tension cause people to look for new faces beyond the familiar GERB and BSP, political scientist Parvan Simeonov, manager of Bulgarian polling agency Gallup International, told Focus Radio.

The vast majority of Bulgarians believe that Valeri Simeonov should resign in connection with the statement to mothers of children with disabilities.

The third оf protests of the parents of children with disabilities against the Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov. They insist on his resignation as soon as possible, reported bTV. 

 Lack of quorum failed today's parliamentary session, reported BGNES.

Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov declared as inadequate the requests for his resignation in connection with the action and detained employees of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad.

Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov gives an extraordinary statement right now at the building of the Council of Ministers, reported bTV. 

The topic was not announced in advance.

Protests demanding the resignation of Simeonov on his words to the protesting mothers of children with disabilities - ''squeaky women" with "supposedly ill children", continue for а second week.