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With 127 votes, the members of parliament rejected the veto of the president Georgi Parvanov. Thus, the election barrier for coalitions remains at the higher 8% barrier.
Only three members of parliament voted in support of the veto - two independent and Georgi Bliznashki from
The Constitutional court rejected the 8 percent barrier for coalitions. The barrier was introduced by the members of parliament in the National assembly as a part of the new election laws several weeks ago.
Only one judge from the Constitutional court signed the decision with reservations.
The majority vote for 31 members of parliament was very close to being rejected, but the
BDB), requested by the Minister of Economy Kiril
Petkov, have already been entered in the Commercial Register.
This happened after he announced what has been publicly known for years - that the bank lends significant amounts to large companies with a dubious reputation, instead of supporting small and medium-sized businesses in Bulgaria, which is the task of the bank by law.
Vasil Shtonov, who was acting Minister of Economy and Energy in the caretaker cabinet of Georgi Bliznashki in 2014, and Valentin Mihov, who has experience in banks in Central and Eastern Europe and is now involved in management consulting business, are now part of the bank s supervisory board.
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GERB party is proposing Daniel Mitov to be Bulgaria’s next Prime Minister, Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister and leader of GERB party that won the largest share of votes in the April 4 parliamentary elections, said on April 14 at a meeting of the party s parliamentary group.
He also said that they were proposing Tsveta Karayancheva as Speaker of the National Assembly, and Desislava Atanasova as chair of the parliamentary group. Borissov called on all parties to take a responsible approach to the mandates for forming a government in the wake of the pandemic and financial and economic crisis.