site.btaPresident Iotova Sets Next Round of Caretaker Prime Minister Consultations

President Iliana Iotova will continue consultations with parliamentary groups in the 51st National Assembly as part of the constitutional procedure to appoint a caretaker PM, the President’s Press Secretariat said on Wednesday.

Iotova is due to meet representatives of Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (ARF), MECh and Velichie at the President’s administration on Thursday.

The consultations are being held under the procedure for appointing a caretaker PM set out in Article 99(5) of the Constitution.

Radev resigned the presidency, and Iotova became President on January 23, 2025. She consulted the ten senior public officials eligible to serve as caretaker prime minister: the National Assembly chair, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor and the three deputy governors, the Bulgarian National Audit Office (BNAO) president and the two vice presidents, and the National Ombudsman and the deputy ombudsman. Of the ten, National Assembly Chair Raya Nazaryan, BNB Governor Dimitar Radev, Deputy Governors Petar Chobanov and Radoslav Milenkov, and Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva declined, while BNB Deputy Governor Andrey Gurov, BNAO President Dimitar Glavchev, Vice Presidents Margarita Nikolova and Silvia Kadreva, and Deputy Ombudsman Maria Filipova said they were ready to serve as caretaker prime minister.

In line with the constitutional provisions, Iotova is holding consultations with the parliamentary groups before making her choice public. She already met the parliamentary groups of GERB-UDF, Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria, BSP, Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning, and There Is Such a People.