New Talks, Old Positions: Second Snap Elections Seem More Likely to Happen

"Without knowing when and to which party represented in parliament, President Rumen Radev will hand over the third mandate to form a government."Stand up. BG! We are Coming" will initiate talks with everyone without GERB and DPS to form a government" This was stated by the leader of the smallest parliamentary group, SBGWC, Maya Manolov on Thursday (August 19th) on the sidelines of the National Assembly.

Whatever talks are held, if the parties comply with their previous requests, the discussions would not lead to the formation of a government. Thus, a second early parliamentary election seems inevitable, because on Thursday "There Is Such a People" repeated that they are already in opposition, as was written by their leader Slavi Trifonov on Facebook the night before.

Manolova's talks

"Stand up. BG! We're coming!" will initiate talks early next week, and if another party does so before us, we will still participate, Maya Manolova announced. Although it is not known whether the smallest parliamentary group will get a third term to form a government, she said the meetings are needed to form an expert government to work until the spring due to the COVID crisis and the influx of refugees along the border.

According to Manolova, the talks will be public (if the others invited to the meetings agree), and "There Is Such a People", BSP and "Democratic Bulgaria" will be invited to them. Nikolay Hadjigenov and Tatiana Donchev from "Stand up. BG! We are coming" do not rule out talks to be held with DPS, but according to Manolova, negotiations with the party with honorary chairman Ahmed Dogan would not be held. "This is written in the political memorandum on which our formation is based - without GERB and without...