Snap election

Bulgaria Sliding Toward Caretaker Govt, But with Same Parliament

Bulgaria seems poised to hold a snap general election after Sunday's presidential vote - but not before next year.

With a presidential transition due over the months to come, the President's competence to dissolve Parliament - a key prerequisite to setting an election date - is limited under the constitution.

Gruevski Plan to Boost Diaspora MPs Rebuffed

A proposal to raise the number of diaspora MPs from three to 20 in the 123-seat parliament has met a cold response from the main opposition Social Democrats.

The Social Democrats said the idea, presented as the parties mull electoral changes ahead of the snap elections set for next April, was "a plan to avoid electoral defeat" on the part of the ruling VMRO DPMNE party.

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