Bulgaria: Centrist PP has signed an agreement to form a government | Political Issues

The Bulgarian parliament is expected to vote for a new government after eight months of political crisis.

The new leader of Bulgaria We Continue to Change Party (PP) has said the contract signed with the main groups Socialist, Populist and Center-right after eight months. political organs.

The agreement, announced on Friday, which will put the government in place four years after the two central governments this year, raises hopes for a resurgence of anti-corruption reforms.

Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s rule came to an end in April after an election that sparked widespread outrage over corruption in Europe’s poorest countries.

PP, which had won the election of the third chanyumba Parliament in Bulgaria this year at No vembara 14, was in line with the competition with political and Borissov – wings left Socialists, the party is well-known for ITN and the middle right of the Democratic Bulgaria to join the alliance of the majority rule.

PP leader Kiril Petkov, who has been elected prime minister of Bulgaria, is expected to present his nomination to President Rumen Radev on Saturday and will vote in parliament from Monday, the party chief said.

The new coalition is expected to have a majority of 134 members in the 240-seat parliament.

“The agreement is 140 pages and describes all the procedures. It provides an opportunity for the agreement to be strong and work for a long time,” Petkov told BNR national radio after the party signed the document with any of his private partners.

Petkov, a 41-year-old businessman, was known for wanting to expose wrongdoing in government agencies under Borissov’s four-month term as finance minister. Borissov has denied any wrongdoing.

Although there was no consensus on the deal, Assen Vassilev, who leads the PP party along with Petkov, was happy.

“It feels good, because most of the difficult decisions have already been made … This is not a natural deal. We had to go through three elections to get to that point,” said Vassilev, who has been appointed finance minister.

Anti-corruption drive

Under the terms of the agreement, the parties agreed to restructure the country’s anti-corruption body and amend the law to hold the country’s attorney general accountable.

A professor of political science at New Bulgarian University, Antony Todorov, told the AFP news agency that the talks were a way in which “differences of opinion occurred ahead of one goal – to drive people away. [Borissov’s] GERB from power ”.

Gallup’s Andrey Raychev told AFP that he saw the alliance as “the end of terrorism” for thousands of Bulgarians who took part in massive anti-corruption protests in 2020, seeking to oust Borisov and end corruption.

Corruption has long been a political issue in Bulgaria. Voters put their trust in successive leaders who promise to clean up the lives of the people, and only to see governments fall into crisis.

“The people of Bulgaria understand that time is needed to resume growth and raise money. But they cannot forgive the unwillingness to fight corruption,” political analyst Kantcho Stoychev told Reuters.

The new government should also move urgently to protect the economy from epidemics and rising costs, as well as to try to strengthen the coronavirus vaccine.

Less more than 30 percent Officials have a vaccine in a country of 7 million people.