2024-04-03 05:00:37
The remuneration of the deputies should be due from the day of taking the oath until the day before the oath of the newly elected people’s representatives.
This is proposed by Radomir Cholakov from GERB-SDS, who submitted a draft decision to amend and supplement the Regulations for the organization and activities of the National Assembly.
At the end of last week, it became clear that the changes in the Constitution, adopted last year, may create a new case – the people’s representatives in the parliament will end up with two salaries.
Art. proved controversial. 46 of the Constitution. In para. 4 it is written “with the taking of the oath of the newly elected people’s representatives, the powers of the previous National Assembly are terminated”. This means that the old parliament continues to function until the new MPs are sworn in.
In this way, during the intervening period, it may happen that the MPs receive salaries for both mandates. Another interesting case study is that there can be 480 deputies in the parliament during the advocacy period. The period could be 10 days or two weeks until the new parliament is sworn in.
Currently, the MP’s salary is over BGN 6,000 gross.
Now, with the proposed change, it is planned to create a new paragraph with the following content: “The remuneration is due from the day of the oath-taking by the people’s representatives until the day preceding the day of the swearing-in of the newly elected people’s representatives. In case of early termination of the powers of a people’s representative in accordance with Article 72, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, the remuneration is due until the date of the decision of the authority under Article 72, paragraph 2 thereof”.
The reasons state that with the amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria of 2023 (SG No. 106 of 2023) in Art. 64, a new paragraph 4 was created: “With the taking of the oath of the newly elected national representatives, the powers of the previous National Assembly are terminated.”
In this way, in a systematic connection with other provisions, the principle of continuity of the legislative power was adopted, finding its basis in Art. 1, para. 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria: “Bulgaria is a republic with parliamentary government”, states the petitioner, quoted by dariknews.bg.