Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev met with representatives of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – New Beginning on Tuesday as part of the second day of government-forming talks following the resignation of the Rosen Zhelyazkov Cabinet. Attending the consultations were Deputy Floor Leaders Jordan Tzonev, Halil Letifov and Iskra Mihaylova-Koparova, as well as MPs Aysel Mustafova and Dzhem Yamenov.
The head of State’s discussions with parliamentary groups began on Monday with GERB-UDF and Continue the Change–Democratic Bulgaria. Earlier on Tuesday, Radev met with Vazrazhdane.
Opening the consultations with MRF–New Beginning, Radev said: “You are not part of the governing coalition, but you have always voiced your support and have propped up this government, taking a clear position that there should be no snap elections and that Bulgaria needs a stable government that will run its full term and deliver important policies for the country.” He added that MRF–New Beginning was deeply involved in “these processes that are unfolding in the Bulgarian Parliament and in our society.”
MRF – New Beginning Deputy Floor Leader Jordan Tzonev noted: “The events that have taken place clearly tell us that this Parliament has come to the end of its real political life.” He recalled that his party supported this government with the clear understanding that the political crisis of the past four years needed to find a solution, especially in view of the important events facing the country, such as the introduction of the euro and the geopolitical situation. “We supported it for its policies. We did not participate in governance through positions – neither at the level of the executive branch nor in parliamentary committees – so that it would be clear that we support the government, not positions,” Tzonev said.
Radev asked the MRF–New Beginning representatives whether they would seek to extend the life of the 51st National Assembly under a different governing configuration, or whether they believed snap elections were unavoidable. He also asked whether changes to the Election Code were needed and raised the issue of the budget extension law and how it would be implemented.
Tzonev responded: “In our opinion, there should have been a regular budget, but in the current situation, as most political forces want an extension budget, we will support it.” According to MRF-New Beginning, an extension budget does not provide an opportunity to protect large social groups. Tzonev recalled that January and February are the weakest months in terms of revenues, which will seriously complicate the budget situation.
As to machine voting, Tzonev said that ballots should be paper-based and machines should be used to count the votes. It became known that MRF-New Beginning supports machine voting, but not with the existing voting machines that they consider compromised. Radev agreed with MRF-New Beginning’s argument that court proceedings should make it possible to establish whether there were discrepancies in the data. He also supported the proposal for a parallel count of what machines show.
On price gouging and the euro changeover, the President said he supported all measures necessary to prevent unjustified price increases. He questioned why such measures had not been in place throughout the year so far. “In my view, this period should have begun in the first half of the year. The work that needed to be done was not done, so there would be no price gouging,” he noted. MRF–New Beginning Supports Budget Extension, Advocates Machine Ballot Counting 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-16 15:37:00 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
