Bulgaria PM Not Commenting on Cabinet Reshuffle Plans after Vote

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov speaking to reporters after voting. Screen capture: BNT

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has made it clear he will wait for until after presidential elections held on Sunday.

"We have to count or motion of confidence," Borisov has added, in a reference to trust in the governing coalition, when asked by reporters after casting a ballot in the Sofia suburb of Bankya.

He has not denied that changes to the cabinet are possible.

Borisov has said he has cast a ballot in both the elections and the referendum, with daily 24 Chasa arguing he voted on all three questions.

"I have always thought that the people should be asked on important issues... There is no way for me not to vote in or deny something that gives direct democracy," he has said.

Some opinion polls during the election campaign indicated his candidate, Parliament Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva, faces a tough challenge from socialist-backed candidate Rumen Radev, the former Air Force commander. 

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