site.btaGERB’s Rosen Zhelyazkov: It Became Clear that Parliament Chair Can’t Be Elected without Votes of GERB-UDF

It became clear that without the votes of GERB-UDF it is impossible to elect a chair of Parliament, said Rosen Zhelyazkov of GERB-UDF after Natalyia Kiselova from BSP-United Left was elected. “We hope that Parliament will start working and all talk about a parliamentary crisis will be quelled,” he said. 

It is difficult to say whether the majority that voted for Kiselova is a majority for governance. It is important to see the agenda for next week, including work on the rules of procedure, the election of committees, Zhelyazkov said. 

From now on, it is up to the President to hand over the first exploratory mandate, and this in itself is the necessary constitutional condition for talks on a ruling majority, the MP said.

Asked whether GERB would immediately return the first exploratory mandate, as recently announced by leader Boyko Borissov, Zhelyazkov said this would be clear when GERB meets the President.