At a conference in Plovdiv, GERB leader Boyko Borissov said that the budget for 2025 was the product of the collective irresponsibility of the past 4 years, “skillfully conducted” by the co-chair of We Continue the Change (PP) Assen Vassilev, who was finance minister in the governments of Kiril Petkov and Nikolai Denkov.
Boyko Borissov said further that the opposition parties have no right to make criticisms either, because they too voted for an increase in the budget spending. “This is not GERB’s budget,” Boyko Borissov said and urged caretaker Minister of Finance Lyudmila Petkova to submit a draft budget with the real deficit.
As regards the political situation in the country and the upcoming negotiations on the formation of a government, Borissov stressed that he is hoping sound reason will prevail and that “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.” He went on to say that he had tasked his most diplomatic people with conducting the negotiations, people capable of achieving progress.
In a comment on the possible request for lifting the immunity of Lena Borislavova, MP from We Continue the Change (PP), Boyko Borissov stated that GERB/SDS would support her if an official request is tabled.
“I want our colleagues from PP to know that they will have 69 votes against,” said Boyko Borissov. “And if this does happen, my indignation will be such that I will sit down and take a look at the declaration (for a cordon sanitaire around DPS-New Beginning MP Delyan Peevski – editorial note),” he said.
Yesterday, a prosecutor from the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office proposed to acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov that the latter request the lifting of the immunity from prosecution of PP/DB MP Lena Borislavova over accusations of forgery of documents.
Meanwhile Lena Borislavova herself stated she would give up her immunity voluntarily. “My immunity cannot be a bargaining chip in the political processes taking place in the National Assembly,” she explained.
Photos: Radio Plovdiv-BNR, BTA
On Wednesday, minimum temperatures will range between 5 and 10° C., higher along the sea coast, for Sofia 6° C. During the day there will be scattered clouds, the cloud cover will be considerable over many parts of the country. There will be rain in..
Bulgaria welcomes President Trump ’s concrete plan to put an end to hostilities in Gaza and acknowledge the swift and positive response by Israel. This real opportunity is to be seized and we demand on regional partners to exert pressure on..
MPs from Delyan Peevski’s DPS-New Beginning have proposed the formation of an ad hoc inquiry committee into the facts and circumstances regarding the activities of George Soros and his son Alexander Soros and their foundations on the territory of..
On Tuesday, the lowest temperatures will range from 5°C to 10°C, up to 13°C along the Black Sea coast. In Sofia the lowest temperature will be around..
In August 2025, the number of trips abroad made by Bulgarians totalled 1,078,900, which is a 19.4% increase compared to August 2024, according to data..
The two employees of the Executive Agency "Automobile Administration", who demanded bribes from foreign truck drivers transporting equipment for Robbie..
+359 2 9336 661