site.btaCaretaker PM Gurov: Cabinet Follows Rules, Not Retaliation

Caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov said on Thursday that the caretaker government would follow rules rather than pursue retaliation.

He spoke at the handover ceremony in the Council of Ministers’ Granite Hall after Gurov and his cabinet took the oath earlier in the day before the National Assembly with President Iliana Iotova in attendance.

Gurov said the caretaker government’s job would not be to judge, but to achieve several goals. He said the most important goal was to restore public trust.

He said that society had demonstrated a “democratic instinct for self-preservation.” Gurov noted that, although democracy could at times be messy and painful, it enabled citizens, through their votes, to bring about a change in power without destabilizing the country.

He said restoring trust meant transparency in every decision and accountability for every public sum spent. He also spoke about the need for national unity "not of opinions, but of rules", which, he said, required holding fair elections.

Gurov identified economic stability as another top priority. He noted that citizens had voiced dissatisfaction with the proposed budget and expected security for their families, opportunities for their children and fair competition for business.

"These are our tasks and we are getting to work immediately," he concluded.