site.btaPresident Plevneliev Doesn't Want Third Caretaker Government

President Plevneliev Doesn't Want Third Caretaker Government

Sofia, December 12 (BTA) - In a Darik radio interview on Saturday President Rosen Plevneliev said he didn't feel like appointing a third caretaker government and voiced a hope that the fragile stability in Bulgaria will continue.

Asked whether he will refer to the Constitutional Court the amendments which he said were at the expense of the court's independence, Plevneliev said he had always imposed a veto or petitioned the Constitutional Court with clear arguments.

"What we have now as constitutional amendments that were voted on second reading is a small step ahead but they are not the big reform which we were expecting and not the profound change that we were hoping for. Having that in mind I can't be expected to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court but I can be expected to work tirelessly so that we can take the next more decisive steps ahead," said the head of State.

Plevneliev specified this means that the President can use his right to initiate changes to the Constitution at a later stage but he said that first he had to see what the final amendments will be.

Plevneliev said that he would monitor very closely whether the Judicial System Act will introduce an open ballot voting on administrative matters.

The President chose 'concern' as the word of 2015. "Concern at the record number of crises around the world: refugee, terrorist, economic, debt, in Ukraine, the Middle East and North Africa. Concern at the relatively fragile stability in Bulgaria, concern at whether the reforms will be implemented so that the effects are felt and people see progress, justice and prospects," said Plevneliev.