Balgarianovinite.com Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova has opened the constitutional procedure for appointing a caretaker prime minister. The future holder of the post will head an interim government whose main task will be to prepare early parliamentary elections following the resignation of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s government in December and the subsequent refusal of parliamentary groups to try to form a new regular government under the present National Assembly.
On Tuesday, Iotova started a series of meetings with potential candidates from the pool of senior public officials eligible to become caretaker prime minister. Her first session was with National Assembly Chair Raya Nazaryan.
Iotova’s schedule for the rest of the week features meetings with the Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and his three deputies on Wednesday, the Ombudsman and her deputy on Thursday, and the President of the Bulgarian National Audit Office and his two deputies on Friday. Each of them will hold a separate session with the head of State.
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Emerging from her talks with President Iotova, Raya Nazaryan, the National Assembly Chair, told journalists that a political figure should not serve as caretaker prime minister because “there must be a sense of impartiality.” Nazaryan added that it would be unfair if she was picked for prime minister of the future caretaker government because the choice would raise suspicions of interference in the subsequent electoral process.
Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria Co-Floor Leader Nadejda Iordanova commented that the caretaker prime minister must be kept as far as possible from the influence of MP Delyan Peevski, who is a prime target of accusations of state capture and corruption. Peevski leads the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning. Iordanova stressed that the ongoing consultations should be more than a mere formality and should lead to the designation of a prime minister able to propose a functioning caretaker cabinet.
MP Hristo Rastashki of the MECh parliamentary group said that Raya Nazaryan and figures favoured by “the parties of the Establishment” are absolutely unacceptable as caretaker prime minister. According to Rastashki, almost all positions on the official list of eligible candidates have been taken by people linked to Delyan Peevski and GERB leader Boyko Borissov. “The only one we believe is more distanced is Andrey Gurov,” the MECh MP said, referring to one of the deputy governors of the Bulgarian National Bank.
MP Nataliya Kiselova of BSP – United Left said that the consultations with the President should be aimed at selecting a person willing to take on the task of forming a government. Kiselova argued that it is wrong to assume that all eligible candidates will refuse the post of prime minister. President Iotova Starts Consultations with Potential Candidates for Caretaker Prime Minister 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-27 19:32:53 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