Balgarianovinite.com The decision-making Executive Bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) resigned Tuesday, the party announced on its website. A meeting of the National Council of the party has been scheduled for January 10, 2026. “The members of the leadership of the Left made this decision as an act of collective responsibility, with the clear understanding that in this crucial moment for the State and the party, it is most important to calm the situation and lead the party through the upcoming challenges,” the statement reads.
The party leader, Atanas Zafirov, was elected by the party congress and should ask the congress to endorse his resignation, Executive Bureau member Kaloyan Pargov explained during a news briefing held later in the day.
The Executive Bureau includes Atanas Zafirov (Chair), Vice-Chairs Ivan Takov, Kaloyan Pargov, Ivan Peshev, Dragomir Stoynev and Ivan Ivanov; Organizational Secretaries Deyan Dechev, Atanas Atanasov, Tsvetelina Penkova and Filip Popov; Kiril Dobrev; Manol Genov; Vladimir Moskov; Borislav Gutsanov; Kristian Vigenin; Zhelyo Boychev; Ivan Ibrishimov; Yordan Mladenov; Trifon Panchev; Kalin Kalapankov; Stefan Burdjev; Gabriel Valkov; Dora Yankova; Dinko Zhelev; Nikolay Tishev.
Pargov also said that the decision was prompted by tensions in the party local structures.
There have been reports of dissent in the Socialist party local chapters recently over the outgoing leadership’s role in the decision to become part of the government of GERB-UDF with There Is Such a People and the support of MRF – New Beginning. The government resigned last week under the pressure of massive anti-government and anti-corruption protests across the country.
Also on Tuesday, the party leadership decided to form a representative group to meet with President Rumen Radev on December 17 for consultations ahead of a government mandate. It will include Atanas Zafirov, Dragomir Stoynev, Kiril Dobrev, Kalyan Pargov, Ivan Takov, Ivan Ivanov and Manol Genov.
In Pargov’s words, the Executive Bureau also discussed public finances and agreed that a new state budget should be adopted for 2026 and that extending the 2025 budget for another three months is “one big nothing”. Socialist Party Decision-Making Body Resigns, Leader Stays On 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-16 15:14:00 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
