Krum Zarkov announced that he will resign as secretary for legal affairs to President Rumen Radev. The reason is disagreement with the head of state's proposal for a national referendum on the introduction of the euro.
„On Monday, I will submit a request to be dismissed from the position of secretary to the president for legal affairs. The reason is the proposal to hold a referendum on a constitutionally inadmissible issue, which I cannot agree with, or support,“, Zarkov said in his Facebook post.
Minutes earlier, President Rumen Radev spoke in an extraordinary address and announced that he was submitting to the National Assembly a proposal for a national referendum on the adoption of the euro.
The head of state proposed that the question of the national referendum be “Do you agree that Bulgaria should adopt the single European currency, the euro, in 2026“
“The referendum will be a test of the democratic nature of the National Assembly and will show who follows the principles of democracy and who denies Bulgarians the right to determine their future. The referendum will be a healing one for Bulgarian democracy“, the head of state said.