Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Rumen Radev: The bill on amendments to the Constitution is legally illiterate

Rumen Radev
Photo: BTA

President Rumen Radev described the draft amendments to the Constitution as “legally illiterate” and “politically sullied”.

“Instead of reform in the judicial system, what the draft is offering is national division, an attack against local authorities and the presidential institution, and the revocation of voting rights,” he told reporters. In his words the amendments trample upon fundamental principles regarding the balance of powers, and are an open statement for a takeover of the judiciary.

“The attempt at erasing 3 March from the national calendar is an attack on history, on the ideals of the people from the time of the National Revival, on the memory of the thousands who have laid down their lives for our freedom – Bulgarian and foreign soldiers,” the president said in a comment on the idea of making 24 May the country’s national day. In his words that would mean having to choose between our language and alphabet, and our freedom and statehood.

As regards the idea for the regular government to remain in office, after it has resigned, until elections are head, the Bulgarian head of state said the government perceived the caretaker cabinet as a threat: “The threat is obviously in the realization of the contrast, especially between the last caretaker cabinet and the last regular governments – whereas the regular governments created crises, the caretaker government solved them,” Rumen Radev said.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Varna Airport expands with open-air gate area

Terminal 2 has been modernised and expanded to include a new Gate Garden , which bgtourism.bg reports is the first fully equipped open-air gate area in Europe. This innovative project increases the terminal’s area by over 2,000 square meters and..

published on 7/7/25 6:14 PM

Bulgarian exhibition "On the Waves of the Black Sea through the Ages" opens in Paris

Deputy Minister of Culture Todor Chobanov has opened the exhibition " On the Waves of the Black Sea through the Ages" in the Segur Hall in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The event is part of Bulgaria's cultural program during the 47th session of..

published on 7/7/25 6:14 PM

Prime Minister: It is crucial that our delegation in the EP votes unanimously in favour of Bulgaria's accession to the Eurozone

It is of the utmost importance that the Bulgarian delegation in the European Parliament votes unanimously in favour of Bulgaria. The Prime Minister said this to journalists in Razlog ahead of tomorrow's European Parliament decision on the country's..

published on 7/7/25 3:32 PM