site.btaYes, Bulgaria to Elect New Leader on Sunday

The fourth national conference of Yes, Bulgaria will take place at 10 am on Sunday, the press center of the party said.

Delegates to the conference will be electing a leader out of six candidates in a direct ballot. The six candidates are Bozhidar Bozhanov, Veselina Alexandrova, Elisaveta Belobradova, Ivaylo Mirchev, Nadezhda Yordanova and Svilen Trifonov. Five of them are MPs, one is a municipal councillor in Plovdiv.

In addition, delegates will elect a national leadership and set the guidelines for the party's development in the next three years. Before the election, the party organized a leadership debate between the contenders for the post, which was streamed on Facebook.

The elections were prompted by Hristo Ivanov’s resignation over the party’s showing in the 50th general elections.