President Radev Holds Consultations with MECh, Discusses Possible Early Parliamentary Elections

Nikolay Zabov

President Rumen Radev (right) shaking hands with MECh Chair Radostin Vasilev, Sofia, December 18, 2025 (BTA Photo/Vladimir Shokov)

Sofia,

18.12.2025 15:36

(BTA)

President Rumen Radev held government-forming consultations here on Thursday with representatives of MECh, following the resignation of the Cabinet, announced by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and unanimously accepted by Parliament last week.

During the consultations, MECh Chair Radostin Vasilev reported that his party sees no possibility of forming a functioning government through "political betrayals". He specified that the current government had been formed through major political betrayals by There Is Such a People and BSP - United Left, which led to discontent among a large part of their voters. He said that this parliament cannot produce an Election Code that guarantees fair elections, because the majority in it is not what the electorate requires.

Vasilev referred to GERB Chair Boyko Borissov and MRF - New Beginning Floor Leader Delyan Peevski as a part of the same organized crime circle, which should be eliminated.

The leader of MECh reported that his party has prepared laws to amend and supplement the Election Code in relation to machine voting, because paper voting is more susceptible to manipulation in Bulgaria.

During these consultations, Radev said that for the people outside parliament what happened with the state budget is a mystery. He asked MECh to explain what happened with the budget on Wednesday, since the events from that day are "difficult to explain with the tools of logic and ideology".

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