As of today, I am starting talks with all possible candidates for caretaker prime minister.
This was announced by President Rumen Radev, after receiving an unfulfilled third term. It was received by ITN and returned immediately.
I will be talking to all applicants starting today and throughout the weekend. My first task is to form the caretaker government, Rumen Radev pointed out.
Thus, after all three mandates were not fulfilled, early parliamentary elections are coming. The head of state must schedule a date for them, as well as assess whether they will be held together with the European Parliament elections at the beginning of June.
According to Art. 99 of the Constitution, after an agreement on a government has not been reached, the president, after consultations with the parliamentary groups and on the proposal of the candidate for interim prime minister, appoints an interim government and schedules new elections within two months.
Following the changes to the Constitution, the head of state can choose from among the Speaker of the National Assembly, the governor or deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, the chairman or deputy chairman of the Audit Chamber and the ombudsman or his deputy.