Bulgaria’s Presidential Elections: Only Two Candidates For Now

Two months before the presidential election in Bulgaria, only one pair of candidates has been announced, and most parties will announce candidates at the last minute, if any.

Rumen Radev (president) and Iliana Yotova (vice-president), who announced that they will run for a second term at the beginning of the year and have the support of BSP again, will be supported by two more of the parliamentary formations - "There Is Such a People" and "Stand up.BG! We are coming!" So far, neither GERB is presenting a candidate, nor the other two main formations - "Democratic Bulgaria" and DPS, are in a hurry to announce their intentions for the presidential vote. And in recent weeks there has been more discussion about its date.

The consensus among parties in parliament for the first round of the presidential election is November 7th and 14th. It is possible that they will be together with the early parliamentary elections, which will be the third for the year. This will depend on Rumen Radev's decision on when to dissolve the 46th National Assembly, as in the event of an expected failure, BSP will return the third term by September 10-15.

However, according to MPs, the parliamentary elections may coincide with the second round of the presidential elections, which will have to be on November 21 at the latest.

Who will be the other candidates?

"Smart, tall, handsome and with hair." Thus, in July, GERB leader Boyko Borissov described the party's candidate for president, and when asked if he would have glasses, he added: "Yes, he can wave and put on glasses - to do like Dani Mitov - to show erudition, knowledge of languages." According to unofficial information, however, GERB Deputy Chairman Daniel Mitov cannot be a...