Bulgaria is preparing for early parliamentary elections, the fifth time in the last two years
Bulgaria will hold new snap parliamentary elections in the spring, the fifth time in two years, after the Socialists failed to form a majority on Friday. The Bulgarian Socialist Party had the third chance - and the last, according to the Constitution - to form the government following the early elections on October 2, reports Digi24.
"We were looking for a solution to get the country out of the multiple crises and especially from the political crisis," said the president of the formation, Kornelia Ninova. "We examined the options and decided to return the mandate of President Rumen Radev. So, we are going to the elections," she added.
Bulgaria has been experiencing perpetual political instability since the anti-corruption protests of 2020, which resulted in new parties that defined themselves with such an orientation. One of these, the Change Continues party, came to power under the pro-American politician Kiril Petkov, who became prime minister, but he was eventually dismissed by a motion of no confidence in June 2022, since then Bulgaria has been ruled by an interim government .
Former Prime Minister Boiko Borisov's conservative GERB party, then Petkov's center-right party and now the Socialists have all failed in turn to form a majority to support a government. President Rumen Radev is now tasked with deciding when to dissolve parliament and set the date for a new round of early legislative elections.
