site.btaGERB Leader Borissov Will Not Withdraw Nomination of Raya Nazaryan for Parliament Chair

GERB leader Boyko Borissov said he would not withdraw the nomination of Raya Nazaryan during Friday's plenary debate on the election of the 51st National Assembly Chair. Borissov pointed out that he did not see why the election campaign was continuing in Parliament.

He responded to Elisaveta Belobradova MP of Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB), who stressed that the largest political force had done nothing so far to form a majority. "What do you want from me - to withdraw my candidate for whom over 600,000 voted," Borissov said. "I will not withdraw the nominee - nothing gives me the right to withdraw her."

Earlier on Friday, CC-DB co-leader Kiril Petkov called on GERB-UDF to withdraw their nomination for the post.

GERB-UDF has 69 MPs and CC-DB has 37 MPs in the 240-seat Parliament.