site.btaUPDATED Three Opposition Parliamentary Groups to Table No Confidence Motion "in Coming Days"

The Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB), Morality, Unity, Honour (MECh) and Alliance for Rights and Freedoms parliamentary groups will enter a motion of no confidence against the Government in the coming days, Ivaylo Mirchev MP of CC-DB told journalists in Parliament's lobby on Thursday.

He added that Vazrazhdane has not signed the motion and anybody who wishes may second it when it is put to a plenary vote. "The water shortage and the corruption that gives rise to it are part of the state capture, which is among the reasoning for our no confidence motion," Mirchev said further. 

Commenting on the controversy involving the Director of the Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry in Ruse Nikolay Kozhuharov, the CC-DB lawmaker said that "a quick and immediate resignation of the Interior Minister would be an honourable step." "The Interior Ministry lied yet again yesterday: the viewpoint presented at a news conference of Interior Minister Daniel Mitov is inconsistent with the facts," Mirchev added. In his words, the Interior Ministry is "humiliating itself" by placing a 30 km/h speed limit sign after the fact of the incident.

"Bulgaria's Interior Ministry enjoys the lowest trust among such institutions in Europe, according to Eurostat," Bozhidar Bozhanov MP of CC-DB said. He believes that the Interior Ministry "systematically shields the criminal underworld". Bozhanov argued that Daniel Mitov should take measures for the elimination of all irregular influences in the Interior Ministry which have driven out all police officers with integrity.

Regarding the drones' incursion into Polish territory, Mirchev commented that Bulgaria is at a greater risk than Poland because Russian drones can reach this country. "We must stop thinking that the conflict is away from us. Europe must oppose the Russian aggression: this is an exceedingly dangerous and deliberate action provoked by Putin," the MP added.

During its little over nine months in office, the Rosen Zhelyazkov Cabinet has survived four no-confidence votes: one initiated by Vazrazhdane for "failure in the foreign policy sector", a second one, submitted by MECh, for "failure in the fight against corruption", a third one, entered by Vazrazhdane over the "government's fiscal policy failure" and backed by Velichie and MECh, and a fourth one, launched by Velichie and backed by MECh and Vazrazhdane, over a "failed policy in the environment and water sector".

In order to succeed, a motion of no confidence must be supported by at least one-half plus one of all 240 MPs, i.e. 121 votes. The ruling majority (GERB-UDF, TISP and BSP-United Left) together with MRF-New Beginning, have a total of 131 seats.