site.btaGERB-UDF Return Government-forming Mandate

Sofia, April 23 (BTA) - GERB-UDF's nominee for prime minister
Daniel Mitov returned to President Rumen Radev the exploratory
mandate to form a government on Friday, after it became clear
that the coalition will not be able to find support from the
other parties in Parliament.

"I accept the Executive Committee's decision to return the
mandate to form a government," said earlier outgoing Prime
Minister and leader of election winners GERB in a video on
Facebook in the presence of Daniel Mitov, Sofia Mayor Yordanka
Fandakova and GERB Floor Leader Desislava Atanasova.

On Tuesday, GERB, in their capacity as the largest group in
Parliament, received from President Rumen Radev an exploratory
mandate to form a government headed by former Foreign Minister
Daniel Mitov.

On Wednesday, GERB-UDF invited the There Is Such a People (TISP)
 party to consultations for putting together a government under
GERB-UDF's mandate. In a written response presented to
journalists by TISP Floor Leader Toshko Yordanov, the party
said: "We consider GERB to be the main symbol of the status-quo,
 and it is out of the question to discuss any government
proposed by that party."

GERB-UDF also invited Democratic Bulgaria to talks about the
future government. Democratic Bulgaria, too, declined the
invitation, arguing that GERB remains the main vehicle of "the
flawed Borissov model of governance."

Under the Constitution, if the first mandate is not implemented,
 the President is to hand an exploratory mandate to the second
largest party in Parliament, TISP, that will have seven days to
try to implement it.
 
"TISP will not form a government because they are afraid, they
will not act as responsibly as we did," Borissov said. He also
recommended that the plenary sittings in Parliament be aired
live, so that people can see what is going on.


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