site.btaGERB-UDF Confirm Position that They Will Not Support Formation of Regular Cabinet on TISP's Mandate

GERB-UDF will not support a government with the third exploratory mandate, representatives of the political formation said after meeting with There Is Such a People (TISP) party's representatives to discuss the possibility of forming a regular government on the latter's mandate.

Denitsa Sacheva summed up the outcome of the consultations on behalf of GERB-UDF, which is the largest political force in Parliament.

"I will not hide that there is still a certain lack of trust between us about when we negotiate in front of cameras and when decisions are made behind the scenes. This Parliament is too fragmented. It is very unconventional in many ways, not least because there are 38 MPs who are not currently members of any political party. The 66 votes that you are counting on at this moment also include the votes of independent Members of Parliament who are not members of any parliamentary group. This creates serious risks for how stable the majority could be," Sacheva told the TISP negotiating team.

She stressed that the position of GERB-UDF from the very beginning was in favour of fulfilling the first exploratory mandate, which was presented to them as the largest force in Parliament, and the talks held now can serve as a basis for dialogue in the subsequent 51st National Assembly.

Sacheva assured that during the next parliamentary elections the formation will be reasonable and moderate. "We will not cross any borders, but we will build bridges because the next parliamentary elections should be the last early ones for the country," she said.

According to her, the current 50th National Assembly does not have the prerequisites to be sustainable.

Rosen Zhelyazkov and Temenuzhka Petkova also took part in the talks on behalf of GERB-UDF.

"We have no significant differences in the goals for the development of society, neither in domestic nor in foreign policy," Rosen Zhelyazkov said, commenting the talks.

The TISP negotiating team included its Floor Leader Toshko Yordanov, Stanislav Balabanov, Ivaylo Valchev and other representatives of the formation. In the meeting, which lasted about three hours, various topics were discussed, including budget policy, education, healthcare, economy, defence and others.