A split occurred in the parliamentary group of the DPS during the voting of Rosen Zhelyazkov's candidacy for Prime Minister. Only 30 deputies supported his nomination, 14 were "against" and 1 abstained.
From "Focus" show who votes how in the group:
"About" the government has voted the chairman of the party and leader of the parliamentary group Delyan Peevski, Ayten Sabri, Atige Aliyeva-Veli, Ahmed Vranchev, Bayram Bayram, Cem Yamenov, Dimitar Nikolov, Dimitar Avramov, Elvan Gyurkash, Erdusan Mehmed, Erten Anisova, Ibrahim Zaidenov, Ivo Tsanev, Iskra Mihailova, Yordan Tsonev, Mario Rangelov, Myumun Myumun, Nadia Petrova, Nebie Kabak, Nezhdet Shaban, Nikolay Zlatarski, Pavlin Krastev, Stanislav Anastasov, Fatima Yildus, Khalil Letifov, Hamid Hamid, Husein Hafizov, Husni Adem , Tsvetan Enchev and Shendoan Halit.
"Against" the other chairman of the party, Jevdet Chakarov, Alizan Yahova, Andrzej Jandev, Valentin Tonchev, Edis Daudov, Eshref Eshref, Levent Memish, Mehmed Salim, Savim Ali, Timur Khalilov, Fatme Ramadan, Habiye Rasim, Khairi Sadakov and Yusein Veiselov voted .
The abstainer is Ceyhan Ibryamov.
After the vote, Delyan Peevski stated that "DPS has 30 Euro-Atlantic MPs and they will be MPs".