Balgarianovinite.com The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will convene a congress on February 7 and 8, the party’s National Council decided on Saturday, said leader of BSP–Sofia and head of the BSP for Bulgaria coalition in the City Council, Ivan Takov, at a briefing for journalists.
The decision was made following an almost three-hour meeting of the BSP National Council. It was scheduled last month when the BSP Executive Bureau resigned following the December 11 resignation of the coalition government the BSP was part of.
Approached by journalists on their way to the meeting, BSP members differed in their answers on whether a party congress should be convened and whether a new leadership should be elected before the snap parliamentary elections.
“I am satisfied with the decision of the National Council and with the meaningful discussion we had there. The decision is to hold a congress before the elections,” Takov said. “At it, we first need to have an accurate and clear analysis of our participation in governance, of our parliamentary activity, as well as a platform and guidelines for the next elections we must hold, and also the election of a new leadership,” he added.
Takov explained that nomination meetings at the district and municipal conferences are about to begin.
When asked whether he himself would be a candidate for the chairmanship of the BSP, Takov replied that he does not rule out any option. “This is a matter of nominations and a decision of the congress,” he commented.
Back in December, BSP Chair Atanas Zafirov did not resign, arguing that being elected by the party congress, he should ask again the congress to endorse his resignation. On January 9, he commented that holding the congress in a hurry would scatter the forces of the Left, and that all major decisions must be made after the early parliamentary elections.
On Saturday, BSP youth organization head Gabriel Valkov told journalists that the National Council meeting would convene a BSP congress. He said the meeting would adopt the party’s political platform for the upcoming parliamentary elections and analyse the BSP’s participation in the outgoing government. “The most important thing is to change the BSP leadership, because the Left needs a new path with new representatives, who I believe with the new platform will be able to return the BSP to the first rows in Parliament,” Valkov commented. In his words, the party is currently united and heading together toward a unifying congress. BSP to Hold Party Congress on February 7-8, National Council Decides 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-10 16:12:00 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