Balgarianovinite.com In an open letter published Monday, the Association of the Organizations of Bulgarian Employers (AOBE) calls on the President and the National Ombudsman to take measures within their powers against the part of the 2025-to-2026 Budget Extension Act that indexes salaries in the budget sector, as these texts contradict the Public Finance Act and the Constitution. The AOBE, which brings together the officially recognized representative employers’ organizations in Bulgaria, insists that the President return the part of the 2026 Revenue Collection and Expenditure Act which indexes salaries in the budget sector to inflation, and/or for the President and the Ombudsman to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court.
According to the AOBE, in violation of the rules laid down in the Public Finance Act, “probably due to pre-election populism and with a situational majority”, the National Assembly has added a one-off indexation for budget sector employees (whose salaries were already indexed for this year at the highest rate in the EU) with the accumulated annual inflation, which, depending on the interpretation and potential re-extension of the budget, could accumulate between BGN 0.5 and 1 billion in new public debt, for which there is no justification and the caretaker government will not be authorized.
“Such decisions should not be taken by an outgoing parliament in the absence of a parliamentary majority, but by a clear majority that has elected a stable government. The responsibility for such decisions in an election situation remains unclear and vague, and every politician wants to gain support from more voters on the basis of additional privileges for them in the budget, without taking into account financial discipline and responsibility, but only political populism,” the letter reads.
According to employer organizations, the budget extension creates a dangerous legal precedent for the arbitrary and unconstitutional adoption of legislation by the National Assembly, which raises serious concerns about the rule of law in the country, as well as for the stability of public finances and the management of the deficit and public debt in the medium and long term.
Last week, the Fiscal Council noted that indexing incomes through a budget extension compromises the principles of budgetary legislation and sets a dangerous precedent in the country’s budgetary policy. When voting on the 2026 Revenue Collection and Expenditure Act, the National Assembly approved a proposal submitted by Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria MP Assen Vassilev between the first and second readings, providing for the indexation of the remuneration of budget sector employees who are not on the minimum wage by the rate of annual inflation at the end of 2025. Employer Organizations Call on President, Ombudsman to Take Measures against Pay Indexation through 2025 Budget Extension 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-22 13:54:53 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