GERB Eyeing New Minority Cabinet after Winning Bulgaria Elections

Center-right GERB party declared it would try to set up a minority government following its victory in the general elections held Sunday.

Though official results are yet to be made public, current data shows GERB won the vote by over 32.5 percent.

At its press conference on Monday the party asserted political talks would take place with every force that made it into Parliament.
It also left the door open to coalitions, but ruled out any prospect of forming a cabinet with the runner-up, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), which came third.

Party officials made clear talks could however be conducted with both entities if they wish to discuss their prospective support for certain policies.

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, one of GERB's key members and also former Interior Minister, urged smaller parties to increase readiness to compromise.

Another official, Rumyana Bachvarova, said even though a coalition with the Reformist Bloc was plausible, it "cannot happen", since the coalition had already set out a condition, declaring the two parties would shake hands only if GERB leader Boyko Borisov is not the next Prime Minister.

Tsvetanov earlier told the Bulgarian National Television it was crystal clear Borisov should be the next PM and other parties have no ground to ask for anything else.

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