site.btaPresident Says He Will Meet with All Potential Caretaker Prime Ministers Earliest Possible

President Rumen Radev Thursday, after three unsuccessful cabinet-forming mandates, said that he will meet with all potential caretaker prime ministers as soon as the same day, Friday, or even the upcoming weekend. 

Under Article 99 of the Constitution, when no agreement on a government has been reached, the President, in consultation with the parliamentary groups and on the proposal of the candidate for caretaker Prime Minister, appoints a caretaker government and schedules new elections within two months. Following the amendments to the Constitution, the Head of State may choose the caretaker Prime Minister from among the Parliament Chair, the Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, the President or Deputy President of National Audit Office and the Ombudsman or his deputy.