site.btaPresident to Hand over Second Cabinet-Forming Mandate on July 22

President Rumen Radev will hand over the second exploratory mandate to form a government on Monday, July 22, to the candidate for prime minister nominated by the second largest parliamentary group in the 50th National Assembly, Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB), the head of state's press secretariat said on Friday.

On Wednesday, CC-DB discussed their draft declaration to find a way out of the political crisis with the parliamentary groups, excluding MRF, and announced that they had no support and could not implement the second mandate.

On Monday, at a meeting with President Rumen Radev, CC-DB asked for extra time before the second mandate is handed over to seek broad public support for their proposed declaration containing a package of legal changes to fight corruption. The text of the declaration states support for seven legislative initiatives and decisions of the National Assembly, including the election of members of the Anti-Corruption Commission, the adoption of a new Judiciary Act, and amendments to special laws governing the security services.