Parliament overruled President Rumen Radev's veto on the changes to the State Property Law. A second vote was again proposed on the Law on Amendments and Supplements to the State Property Law, adopted by the National Assembly on July 31, 2025. 125 MPs voted “for“, 46 “against“ and one “abstained“, with which the proposal was adopted. After a requested re-vote, the result was no different. 126 MPs voted “for“, 46 voted “against“, there were no “abstentions“.
This was summarized by "Nova TV".
The head of state's veto was overcome with the votes of GERB-SDF, "DPS-New Beginning", "BSP-United Left", "There is such a people" and three deputies not members of a parliamentary group.
There was almost no discussion in the plenary hall. Only Hristo Rastashki from MECH spoke from the parliamentary rostrum: "The goal is to sell 4 thousand properties. They are state property, and here we were explained that they are no longer necessary. In this way, the largest privatization since 1996 is being carried out.".
About a month ago, the management of 4,400 state properties with no longer necessary heightened the tone between the president and the cabinet. The topic heated up the situation in the public sphere and led to an exchange of accusations, suspicions and speculations about rigged tenders, secret privatization and even "robbery".
At that time, President Radev insisted that the government "is committing the biggest robbery since the 1990s", and then imposed a veto.