Balgarianovinite.com Parliament Thursday voted 181-14 with 32 abstentions to set up an Ad Hoc Committee on the adoption of the Rules of Procedure and Organization of the 52nd National Assembly.
The proposal was backed by Progressive Bulgaria, GERB-UDF and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF). Within Democratic Bulgaria, 19 MPs abstained and two voted against. Continue the Change also abstained, while Vazrazhdane voted against.
The main dispute concerned whether the committee should be formed on a parity or proportional basis.
Vazrazhdane Deputy Floor Leader Peter Petrov proposed that the committee consist of 12 MPs, with two representatives from each parliamentary group, in line with the practice in the previous five parliaments. The proposal was rejected by a vote of 47-119 with 57 abstentions. Of the votes against, 118 came from Progressive Bulgaria.
The committee will consist of 16 MPs: nine from Progressive Bulgaria, three from GERB-UDF and one each from the MRF, Democratic Bulgaria, Continue the Change and Vazrazhdane. It is chaired by Dimitar Zdravkov of Progressive Bulgaria. Its members are Galin Durev, Dimitar Petrov, Stefan Belchev, Yanka Tyankova, Olga Borisova, Aleksandra Valcheva, Maria Todorova and Fatme Ramadan from Progressive Bulgaria; Raya Nazaryan, Aleksandar Ivanov and Rositsa Kirova from GERB-UDF; Hamid Hamid from the MRF; Atanas Slavov from Democratic Bulgaria; Stoyu Stoev from Continue the Change; and Peter Petrov from Vazrazhdane. Ad Hoc Committee Set Up to Draft New Parliament Rules 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-07 09:24:40 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law