Bulgaria: Borissov deems Cabinet with Participation of Petkov, Vassilev and Atanasov as Unacceptable for GERB

A cabinet proposed by "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria", with the participation of Kiril Petkov, Asen Vassilev and Atanas Atanasov, is unacceptable for GERB. This was announced by the leader of the party, Boyko Borissov.

According to him, the leaked information about their participation in a second-term government is an attempt to test the public reaction.

"Most likely, this is an internally controlled release of names, to check us. This thing has not been presented here. The correct decision is, because I think that my colleagues from WCC and DB also see that there is no prime minister better prepared than me, but I pulled back to give a chance to have a government. In my opinion, both Kiril and Asen should step back, we should really make a programmatic, expert, program-based, responsibility-based cabinet and let it rule for four years."

In order for GERB to support their cabinet, persons related to our party must participate in it, Borissov pointed out.

"Naturally, we will want to have people from GERB. Well, if they don't want to make this compromise, we will continue to work on the program, we will continue to work on the budget and we will do something good for the country, at least remove the possibility of the caretaker government to make a budget without a parliament."

Borissov declared himself against the idea of Asen Vassilev to return the budget to the caretaker government in order to change the deficit and resubmit it to the National Assembly. "This is vile and irresponsible", the GERB leader pointed out.

"Responsibility, including the parties that are not in negotiations, but which in the previous parliaments generously distributed money, reduced taxes. We must now...