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Final: the elections (in Bulgaria) will be two in one on November 14
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Sep 11, 2021 12:20pm |
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| Author | Dnevnik.bg |
| News Date | Saturday, September 11, 2021 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The presidential and parliamentary elections will be two in one and will take place on November 14. This was announced by President Rumen Radev during his visit to Pleven on the occasion of the 144th anniversary of the beginning of the Third Assault on the liberation of the city. As an argument for his decision, he pointed out that this will save money and especially people's time. With the decree on the dissolution of the parliament, Radev sets the date for the parliamentary elections, which means that the life of the current National Assembly will continue until September 15 at the latest.
Until recently, Radev was opposed to the idea of mixing presidential and parliamentary elections in one, because this "is against the spirit of the Constitution and is not in the interest of the presidential institution." After the return of the third term by the BSP, Radev announced that he would seek a rational solution to this issue, but also that he would wait with the dissolution of parliament to give MPs time to adopt the budget update, as well as key to the judiciary. reform bills. Because of this position, it was expected that Radev would try to keep the dissolution of the National Assembly as long as possible. Late last night, however, lawmakers managed to adopt the updated budget after delaying a week on increasing pensions and health spending. During this time, Radev met with the members of the Central Election Commission, who assured him that they could handle two elections as well.
Although the case with the date for the early parliamentary elections has already been resolved, Radev did not want to answer a question from Dnevnik whether he would reappoint the entire composition of the current caretaker government. "I expect the next caretaker government to continue working to eradicate corruption from Bulgarian institutions, to work transparently and responsibly in the interests of Bulgarian citizens," Radev replied succinctly. This means that the pr |
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