site.btaUPDATED CC-DB Say Caretaker Cabinet Must Guarantee Fair Elections, Unlike Previous Caretaker Cabinet
During the consultations on the caretaker prime minister appointment procedure, Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) MP Ivaylo Mirchev told President Iliana Iotova that the main task of the future caretaker government should be to guarantee fair elections and prevent a repeat of the practices of the previous caretaker cabinet.
Mirchev stated that there are numerous arguments in favour of the need for a strong and independent caretaker cabinet that can create conditions for fair elections. The MP said that fair elections were not held under the previous caretaker cabinet and added that this was also confirmed by the Constitutional Court. Mirchev alleged that the cabinet served the "Peevski-Borissov corruption model", referring to MRF – New Beginning leader Delyan Peevski and GERB leader Boyko Borissov.
After the consultations with the President, CC-DB leader Assen Vassilev told journalists that March 29 is obviously no longer an option for early elections and that the most reasonable date is April 19.
Commenting on GERB-UDF's proposal to elect a caretaker prime minister beyond the officials already touted, MP Bozhidar Bozhanov said that CC-DB see no reason to discuss a new procedure for electing a caretaker prime minister. In his words, the proposal to change the procedure at this stage would be comical, given that there already are enough people who have expressed readiness to assume the post.
According to Bozhanov, the question is not whether there is a choice for a caretaker prime minister, but what that choice is. In his words, there are four potential candidates who are directly or indirectly linked to Delyan Peevski. "And since the [December anti-government] protests rejected the Peevski-Borissov model, it would not be reasonable for Peevski to rule through a caretaker prime minister," Bozhanov argued.
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