Balgarianovinite.com An anti-mafia consensus exists in Bulgarian society and the first step towards turning it into reality is holding fair elections, President Rumen Radev told journalists on Wednesday during events marking the 148th anniversary of the liberation of the town of Belovo and the Belovo region from Ottoman rule, which also coincides with the municipality’s official holiday.
According to the head of State, the major task facing the Bulgarian Parliament is to restore public trust in the electoral process.
He said that the experience from the most recent elections clearly shows that this requires machine voting, with machine counting of results, but also manual counting of the control receipts, so that there is genuine trust.
He added that Parliament needs sufficient technical time to implement such electoral changes. “Society expects them, and I hope Parliament will respond to these expectations,” the President noted.
Asked whether his remarks meant that the upcoming early elections might not take place on March 29, Radev said this also depends on the procedure related to choosing a caretaker prime minister and appointing a caretaker cabinet.
“With all these people, interviews have to be conducted, the composition of the caretaker cabinet has to be clarified, and let us not forget that the Constitution also provides for consultations with political parties on the composition of that cabinet,” Radev said. He declined to say whether he had already settled on a specific name, adding that the limited options he has to choose a caretaker prime minister from could lead to a blockage.
“I cannot hold such talks at the moment. Let us first complete the [government-forming] mandate procedures. Imagine that some miracle happens with the third mandate and we end up with a regular government formed within Parliament,” the President added.
Radev said he would soon inform the media and the public when and to whom he would hand the final mandate, again stressing that electoral reform is currently the top priority.
“If you are asking about a party [a future party associated with Radev] – after so much talk, it seems there is one, and I can say that this is the party of the anti-mafia consensus, which insists on fair elections. Such a party unites all democrats – left and right – regardless of where they belong or whether they are politically active at all, because we all need fair elections and democratic, free development,” the President said. President: Anti-Mafia Consensus Exists in Society, First Step to Its Realization Is Fair Elections 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-14 19:27:00 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
