site.btaRuling Party Decides Not to Start Impeachment Procedure against President

February 7 (BTA) - The Executive Committee of the ruling
GERB party decided on Friday not to initiate or support a
possible impeachment procedure against President Rumen Radev.
"The main reason is that the party does not want a war of
institutions," Deputy Prime Minister and GERB Executive
Committee member Tomislav Donchev told a news conference.
Besides that, the power-holders do not want to foster division
in society, according to him.

The idea about impeaching the President under Article 103,
Paragraph 2 of the Bulgarian Constitution was put forward after
President Radev stripped the government of confidence on
February 4. Radev claimed that the government was not acting in
the interest of the Bulgarian citizens and was responsible for
an acute crisis of society.

In Bulgarian politics, there has never been a successful
procedure for terminating the powers of the President on a
motion by members of Parliament, although the Constitution
provides for such a possibility. In 2010, the National Assembly
defeated an impeachment proposal against the then president,
Georgi Purvanov. RY/VE

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