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SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 20 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria’s president Rumen Radev said on Tuesday that he is asking the cente-right coalition of GERB and the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), which came first in the April 4 general election, to form the country s next government. I expect that, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, within a seven-day period you will propose a government which meets the public expectations for justice, social engagement, and economic growth, Radev said upon handing the mandate to form government to the prime minister-designate proposed by the coalition - former foreign minister Daniel Mitov, as seen in a live broadcast on public TV BNT.
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In the 45th National Assembly, Borissov’s GERB has 75 out of 240 seats. The other five parties and coalitions in Parliament have said that they would not support a new GERB government.
During his presentation of the proposed GERB Cabinet line-up, Borissov called on Mitov to hold the talks with other political parties in Parliament as quickly as possible.
“Take the mandate, we have a duty to talk it out … On Thursday [April 22], we will announce whether we have achieved something or not,” he said during a Facebook livestream.
After the mandate-handing ceremony, Mitov told reporters that GERB extend invitations for talks to centre-right Democratic Bulgaria and cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov’s ITN.