The opposition criticized Kirill Petkov for his inability to cope with rising inflation and soft stance towards North Macedonia.
The Bulgarian Parliament has expressed no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Kirill Petkov. BNT reported this on Wednesday, June 22.
According to the voting results, 123 deputies voted “against” the current cabinet, 116 voted “for”, there were no abstentions.
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“It is an honor for me to lead the government. We promise that we will continue the fight to win our country again, someday we will have Bulgaria with no behind the scenes and no mafia,” Petkov said after the polls.
It will be recalled that the Petkov government was formed in December 2021, after the third parliamentary election in a year. At that time, the Continue Changes (PP) coalition, led by Kirill Petkov and Asen Vasiliev, won a larger number of seats in parliament (67). In the coalition of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Democratic Bulgaria electoral bloc and the There Are Such a People (ETN) party, a government was formed.
But on June 8, ETN leader Slavi Trifonov announced that his party would leave the coalition. He cited the country’s budget disagreements and Petkov’s too soft stance on allowing North Macedonia to start negotiations on joining the EU as reasons. Thus, Petkov’s coalition lost a majority in parliament.
A motion of no confidence was proposed by a group of representatives led by Desislava Atanasova, who is a member of the Citizens for the Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party in the middle right. In this party, Petkov was accused of not being able to cope with rising inflation and criticized his monetary policies.
Earlier it was learned that the Bulgarian authorities refused to provide weapons to Ukraine to fight the Russian occupiers. then Kirill Petkov said this issue should not be returned every two weeks.
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Source: korrespondent
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