site.btaThere Is Such a People Decline Cabinet-forming Mandate

There Are Such a People (TISP) Thursday returned an unfulfilled third cabinet-forming mandate to President Rumen Radev immediately after he handed it to the party. The envelope was returned empty by TISP Deputy Floor Leader Ivaylo Valchev.

After all three mandates were not fulfilled, early parliamentary elections are imminent. The head of state is to set a date for them.

Under Article 99 of the Constitution, when no agreement on a government has been reached, the President, in consultation with the parliamentary groups and on the proposal of the candidate for caretaker Prime Minister, appoints a caretaker government and schedules new elections within two months. Following the amendments to the Constitution, the Head of State may choose the caretaker Prime Minister from among the Parliament Chair, the Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, the President or Deputy President of the National Audit Office and the Ombudsman or his deputy.