In line with the Constitution, President Rumen Radev designated Bulgarian National Audit Office Vice-President Goritsa Grancharova-Kozhareva as the next caretaker prime minister, the President's Press Secretariat reported here Friday morning.
Radev will receive Grancharova-Kozhareva on Friday at 10.30 a.m. to instruct her to form a caretaker cabinet.
In the context of the parliamentary forces having failed to reach agreement on a regular government after the snap parliamentary elections on June 9, the Bulgarian Constitution says that after the parties fail to put together a regular government, the President should hold consultations with the parliamentary groups, should appoint a caretaker government at the proposal of a caretaker prime minister-designate, and should schedule elections within two months. After the Constitution was amended in December 2023, the President can choose the caretaker prime minister-designate from among several options: the Chair of the National Assembly, the Governor or a Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, the President or a Vice President of the National Audit Office, and the Ombudsman or a Deputy Ombudsman. The offices of the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman's deputies are currently vacant.
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