site.btaOutgoing Cabinet to Report on Nine-Month Performance Friday

The outgoing cabinet will report on its performance in the past nine months on Friday, the Government Information Service said. Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel and the outgoing ministers will be present.

The National Assembly accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov on Wednesday with 216 votes in favour.

The Prime Minister resigned as part of an arrangement made between the two largest groups in the incumbent Parliament, Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) and GERB-UDF, according to which Denkov and Mariya Gabriel of GERB-UDF were to rotate as prime minister and deputy prime minister over a nine-month period, starting with Denkov. Subject to this understanding, the two parliamentary coalitions plus the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) voted the Denkov Cabinet into office on June 6, 2023. The rotation was due to take place on March 6, 2024.

In accordance with the Constitution, the Council of Ministers led by Denkov will continue to perform its functions until a new government is elected to ensure continuity.

On Thursday, President Rumen Radev is expected to announce a schedule of consultations with the parliamentary groups before presenting a cabinet-forming mandate to the largest one, GERB-UDF.