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Parliament Relieves Simeonov as Deputy PM, Votes in Mariyana Nikolova

21 November 2018 14:10

Sofia, November 21 (BTA) - After a debate that lasted over three hours, Parliament voted 116 in favour and 62 against to relieve Valeri Simeonov as deputy prime minister responsible for economic and demographic policy, and voted in his replacement, Mariyana Nikolova, who has been Simeonov's chef de cabinet since May. Simeonov tendered his resignation on November 16 after 26 days of daily countrywide protests, staged by disabled children's mothers and their supporters to press for his replacement.

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