the parliamentary forces in the 51st National Assembly should gather on Tuesday at a sort of round table and unite around the election of Assoc. Nataliya Kiselova for chairman and to specify the urgent legislative initiatives on which to start work. Such a call to find a consensus was made by the BSP to 6 of the formations in the parliament – all without Delyan Peevski’s “DPS – New beginning”. Unlike the first meetings that the Reds organized a week ago, this time GERB-SDS are also among the invitees.
“We are in an unprecedented situation and it is imperative to find a way out of it. The Republic of Bulgaria is on the threshold of a constitutional crisis, and entering one will cause serious consequences for the country’s development. The collapse of statehood is already visible and has led to a blockage of the legislative body. It’s time to put aside the narrow party interest to show statesmanship and leadership”, Atanas Zafirov and Borislav Gutsanov wrote to their colleagues from the other formations.
They explain that at bilateral meetings they met with understanding and high thankfulness for the qualities of Assoc. Nataliya Kiselova and are firmly convinced that her expertise, impeccable reputation and supra-partisanship can be the basis for unification in this difficult situation.
The election of the Speaker of the National Assembly will allow the election of his deputy Speakers, as well as the leadership of the parliamentary committees.
We, from the BSP – UNITED LEFT, believe that the purely mathematical election of the Speaker and his deputies will not lead to a truly functioning National Assembly. In this way, the way is opened for floating majorities and illegitimate influence on deputies, and also adoption of controversial decisions without clear political responsibility. Without strong legal expertise, the first among equals will find it difficult to oppose these phenomena.
Specifying an immediate legislative program for the 51st Parliament will not be an easy task. For this reason, we declare that it is time to sit at a kind of round table, to unite around the Speaker of the National Assembly with indisputable authority in the person of Assoc. Kiselova and specify the urgent legislative initiatives on which to start work.It is indeed not clear what draft budget next year will be submitted and when it will be voted on. this calls into question the normal functioning of entire systems such as social, health and educational.
We offer as a basis for discussion a grouping around several exemplary common parliamentary actions, including:
– Legislative activity (Law on Budget 2025, changes in the ZSV, changes in the IC);
– Election / renewal of state bodies that the National Assembly fully or partially forms (ombudsman and his deputy, members of the Audit Chamber, member of the Constitutional Court);
– Creation of temporary parliamentary commissions on cases that have left meaningful doubts in society.
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