site.btaPresident Iotova Does Not Expect to Refuse Caretaker Cabinet Appointment
President Iliana Iotova said in Sofia on Thursday she did not expect to refuse to appoint a caretaker cabinet. She tasked Caretaker Prime Minister nominee Andrey Gurov with proposing the lineup and said she could return it if it included someone working against Bulgarian citizens’ interests.
"I am deeply convinced and I believe we will not get to that point," Iotova said at a press conference at the President’s administration in response to a question whether she would refuse to issue a decree appointing a caretaker cabinet if the draft lineup included someone she did not approve of.
"Yes, such a precedent already existed. Yes, I am within my rights to return the caretaker cabinet list if I see a figure who would work against Bulgarian citizens’ interests," Iotova said.
Earlier on Thursday, Iotova tasked Caretaker Prime Minister nominee Andrey Gurov with proposing the caretaker government lineup.
"Anyone elected by the National Assembly already carried, to some extent, a political tinge," Iotova said in response to a question about Gurov’s selection.
"This mockery of the Bulgarian Constitution, carried out through the latest amendments, inevitably left a political imprint on every candidate and, accordingly, on every caretaker prime minister," she added. "We were deprived of that right and responsibility, because we would have sought and found a person who, in our institution’s view, could have coped with this extremely serious crisis," Iotova also said.
"We won’t put the cart before the horse. Let’s see what cabinet composition Mr. Gurov proposes, and then we’ll decide," Iotova said in response to a question about possible members of the caretaker government.
She said that he would insist that the members of the caretaker cabinet take an oath, "because they are accountable, through the National Assembly, through the highest institution in the State, to the Bulgarian citizens".
"This is also the proper place for the oath," Iotova added.
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