Balgarianovinite.com Lawmakers stipulated in the rules of procedure of the 52nd National Assembly that ad hoc committees are formed for specific purposes, to investigate particular issues and to conduct inquiries. On Thursday, Parliament is debating and adopting the Rules of Organization and Procedure of the National Assembly.
Ad hoc committees are established by the National Assembly upon the proposal of one-fifth of the MPs. The previous rules stipulated that this would occur at the request of a parliamentary group. 117 MPs voted in favour, 41 voted against, and eight abstained. The proposal by Continue the Change MP Stoyu Stoev and Democratic Bulgaria MP Bozhidar Bozhanov made in the chamber, to replace “one-fifth” with “one-tenth”, meaning that instead of 48 MPs, 24 would have the right to propose the establishment of an ad hoc committee, was rejected.
With 159 votes in favour, none against, and two abstentions (by GERB-UDF), the editorial proposal, also made in the chamber, by the chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Draft Rules of Organization and Procedure of the National Assembly, Dimitar Zdravkov of Progressive Bulgaria, to remove the original provision that granted the right to propose the establishment of an ad hoc committee not only to one-fifth of the MPs but also to the National Assembly Chair was adopted.
The subject matter, size, composition, and term of the ad hoc committees are determined by the National Assembly, the MPs voted. The rules governing the work of the standing committees also apply to the temporary committees. A decision to establish an ad hoc committee shall be adopted no later than two months before the date of the holding of general elections, the MPs agreed.
The MPs also decided that the standing committee shall be convened for a meeting together with a draft agenda by its chair at his initiative, at the request of at least one third of its members or by the National Assembly Chair.
The minutes of the discussion of draft laws shall be published on the committee section of the National Assembly website no later than 24 hours before the consideration of the report in the plenary hall, unless the committee decides otherwise.
Within five days of the committee meeting, by transcribing the audio and/or audio-visual recording into text, the meeting minutes shall be drawn up ex officio and submitted to the chair of the committee for coordination and corrections. The minutes shall be signed by the chair of the committee and by the person who drew up the minutes and shall be published on the committee section of the National Assembly website no later than seven days after the meeting, the MPs decided. New Rules of Organization and Procedure: National Assembly Establishes Ad Hoc Committees Upon Proposal of 48 MPs 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-28 13:27:53 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