Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) have submitted a motion for holding an extraordinary sitting of Parliament to hear caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev on the UN Srebrenica resolution case, the National Assembly told BTA on Friday.
CC-DB want Glavchev, who is also caretaker Foreign Minister, to be heard in connection with the leaked cable sent to Bulgaria’s permanent representative in the UN Lachezara Stoeva. The leaked documents showed that she defied last-minute instructions from Glavchev to abstain in a vote on a UN resolution designating July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica. Bulgarian media outlets allege that reversal in the government's position - for Bulgaria had co-authored the resolution - came after communication between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and ex-Bulgarian prime minister and GERB leader Boyko Borissov. The Bulgarian government said that the leaked documents were only part of the communication between the government and Ambassador Stoeva, and GERB denied to have tried to influence the caretaker Prime Minister (who was a ranking GERB member before becoming head of the National Audit Office and then caretaker Prime Minister and Foreign Minister).
CC-DB said on Thursday that they would demand such a hearing at an extraordinary sitting of Parliament.
The government said in a position, circulated to the media on Thursday, that Bulgaria has a consistent and unchanged position in recognizing the victims of Srebrenica and has participated in all initiatives related to their commemoration.
“We did the best for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s integration,” GERB leader Boyko Borissov told supporters late Thursday in connection with the UN Srebrenica resolution case.
The other topic over which CC-DB want Parliament to hold the extraordinary sitting is to discuss a draft resolution for obliging the caretaker Health Minister to take actions and measures for concluding a collective agreement in the healthcare sector and enforce the sanctions imposed when healthcare professionals are not paid their wages as per the collective agreement.
The Bulgarian Constitution allows for convening an extraordinary sitting of Parliament when one-fifth of MPs demand such a sitting. The National Assembly’s rules of procedure stipulate that Parliament’s Chair must schedule such a sitting no later than seven days after the motion is submitted, regardless if the National Assembly is in recess or not.
Later on Friday, the BSP for Bulgaria parliamentary group tabled two draft resolutions for Parliament's extraordinary sitting. The first resolution reads that Bulgaria will not send troops to Ukraine. The second resolution reads that Bulgaria does not agree to armament given to Ukraine to be used for attacks against targets on Russian territory. BSP for Bulgaria insists that the two draft resolutions be included in Parliament's agenda and be voted on.
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