The parliamentarians did not elect a president of the National Assembly in either the first or the second attempt. There are four candidates for the position.
Rosen Zhelyazkov was appointed by the GERB. “In the traditions of parliamentary democracy, the party that won the elections appoints the president of the parliament. This is one of the unwritten but established rules,” Atanasova said. “I presented our candidacy to the parliamentary groups. Thanks to those who met us. Those who heard our appointment said that this appointment was very good. Everyone expressed their trust and respect,” said Atanasova. She then presented her her biography of her.
Nikola Minchev of “Continuing the Change” suggested. Andrey Gyurov admitted that it is good that the president comes from the larger party, but it is not mandatory. “There are enough examples where this is not the case, especially in highly fragmented parliamentary situations. It is important to get close to the majority in view of personal qualities,” Gyurov said.
Petar Petrov appointed the lawyer “Vazrazhdane”. His candidacy was presented by Tsoncho Ganev. Cornelia Ninova appointed Christian Vigenin on behalf of the BSP.
Before that, the rules for the election of the president were voted on. According to them, the election should take place with more than half of the votes of the people’s representatives present. However, none of the candidates picked them up.
In the first vote, 103 deputies voted “for” Rosen Zhelyazkov, “against” – 86, “abstentions” – 51. Nikola Minchev was supported by 74 deputies, 29 voted “against” and 135 – “abstained”. “For” Christian Vigenin there were 27 deputies, “against” – 31,181 – “abstained”. 27 deputies voted “for” Petar Petrov, “against” – 94, “abstained” – 118.
After a pause, the deputies voted in the ballot. Nikola Minchev garnered the support of 98 deputies, 32 “against” and 110 “abstentions”. Rosen Zhelyazkov was supported by 103 people’s representatives, 85 voted “against”, 52 – “abstained”.
The reactions after the non-election of the president
“Even if a compromise is reached with the election of the president of parliament, the bill does not come out. Secondly, we see no reason to compromise. We have a group decision on who to support and we will stick to it. We have decided to support Nikola Minchev “, said Hristo Ivanov of” Democratic Bulgaria “.
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