BTA :: Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria Criticizes Parliament's Resolution on Peace Board Accession

Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria Criticizes Parliament's Resolution on Peace Board Accession

Diana Dukovska, Nelli Zheleva

Vasil Pandov MP of Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria, Sofia, March 13, 2026 (BTA Photo/Nikola Uzunov)

Sofia,

13.03.2026 18:08

(BTA)

During Friday's debate on a draft resolution requiring the caretaker Cabinet to submit a bill to ratify Bulgaria's accession to President Trump's Board of Peace, Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) said Parliament cannot instruct the government to do this.

Parliament voted, 100-54 with three abstentions, to adopt the resolution. The CC-DB parliamentary group voted against the draft document which was submitted to Parliament by MRF-New Beginning on Wednesday.

Vasil Pandov MP of CC-DB called the procedure "absolutely illegitimate", adding that the proposal for a resolution runs counter to the practice of the Constitutional Court. Parliament cannot tell the government whether to submit a bill of ratification, he said, calling the draft resolution a "legal absurdity".

Pandov also noted that the previous government's decision that led to Bulgaria joining the Board of Peace has not been declassified, meaning its contents remain unknown. "We would be ratifying something without knowing what it is - the authentic text is unavailable," he said.

Yordan Ivanov MP of CC-DB said the United States itself has not yet ratified it, while "we are getting ahead of ourselves". In his view, such a move could place Bulgaria in dangerous isolation.

"Where do we stand at a time when Europe is waking up, when the security architecture is changing? We are about to sit on two chairs," Ivanov commented. He said that the National Assembly, which will dissolve in a few days ahead of the April 19 parliamentary elections, should not be voting on such important decisions.

On January 22, then prime minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced that Bulgaria joined the Board of Peace under the patronage of the United States and President Trump.

/NZ/