Balgarianovinite.com The Congress of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is meeting on Saturday and Sunday at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, the party said. The agenda includes an analysis of the participation of BSP–United Left in the 51st National Assembly and in the government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, the adoption of a platform for the next elections, the early termination of the mandate of the BSP chair, and the election of a new party leader.
The session of the 51st BSP Congress begins at 11 am.
In December, the BSP Executive Bureau submitted its resignation to leader Atanas Zafirov, and a meeting of the party’s National Council was scheduled for January 10. This came a few days after the government of Rosen Zhelyazkov, in which BSP–United Left also participated, resigned following protests across the country.
On January 10, the BSP National Council decided to convene the party’s Congress on February 7 and 8. The decision was to hold the congress before the elections, outgoing BSP deputy leader Ivan Takov told journalists. “At this congress, we must first have a precise and clear analysis of our participation in governance and of our parliamentary activity, as well as a platform and guidelines for the next elections, and also the election of new leadership,” he said.
After the decision of the National Council, BSP leader Atanas Zafirov said that the right time to convene a congress is immediately after the elections and that he has no plans to resign.
Three weeks later, by a majority vote, the National Council reaffirmed its decision to convene the Congress on February 7 and 8, following a proposal by the party leadership to postpone it. According to Gabriel Valkov, leader of the BSP Youth Organization, the Congress will decide Zafirov’s fate.
Among those nominated by party conferences for BSP leader are Krum Zarkov, who has already expressed in media appearances his intention to run for the post, Borislav Gutsanov, Gabriel Valkov, Kaloyan Pargov, Kristian Vigenin, Ivan Takov, and Atanas Zafirov. BSP Congress Will Discuss Election Platform, Change of Party Leader on Saturday and Sunday 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-07 07:55:00 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