“There are two reasons why the ruling coalition is not working – the country’s policy towards Northern Macedonia and the lack of money. “That’s why there is such a people no longer has a place in this government,” said Slavi Trifonov.
The Bulgarian party “There is such a People” withdraws his ministers from the government and leaves the four-party governing coalition. This statement was made this afternoon by the party leader, Slavi Trifonov.
“There are two reasons why the governing coalition is not working – the country’s policy towards Northern Macedonia and the lack of money. That is why ‘There Is Such a People’ no longer has a place in this government.”said Trifonov, a former star of the pentagram.
He said that with regard to Northern Macedonia, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov is pursuing a policy different from that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the decisions of the Parliament and the policy agreed in the National Security Advisory Council of the PD, Rumen Radev. According to him, the Prime Minister has promised the leaders of Europe and the world that he will lift the veto on Northern Macedonia and do everything possible to make it happen, although most Bulgarians want Northern Macedonia to start negotiations only. when it fulfills the Good Neighbor Agreement between the two stateswhich was signed in 2017.
Trifonov’s party did not agree with the revision of the state budget approved yesterday, Wednesday, and accused Prime Minister Petkov’s central party “We Continue the Change” of leading the country into bankruptcy by creating new debt and failing to fight it.
Earlier in the day, four ministers from Slavi Trifonov’s populist party (Foreign Affairs, Energy, Regional Development, Youth and Sports) resigned from a cabinet meeting.
The departure of the party There is Such a People means that the government of the central reformer Kiril Petkov is losing the parliamentary majority and in any case it will either continue as a minority government or it will collapse.
Petkov, in his first reaction, as soon as his departure was announced, there is such a people, he stated that his government will continue to function as a minority government, which will henceforth have 109 deputies out of a total of 240.
“A minority government is much better than crossing your arms,” ​​Kirill Petkov told a news conference shortly after Trifonov’s party’s decision.
Accusing the party There is such a People that it supports construction companies suspected of embezzling public money, Prime Minister reiterates his goal of “zero tolerance for corruption”. He promised to present to the parliament, from tomorrow, Thursday, a law for the suppression of this endemic plague.
He also noted that the reforms promised by his party and the fight against corruption will be implemented, the current Minister of Interior Boyko Raskov will head the Anti-Corruption Committee.
The government of Kirill Petkov was formed in mid-December 2021, after three electoral contests in the poorest country in the EU and four parties participated in it: We continue the Change (led by the duo Kiril Petkov-Assen Vasilev), There is such a people Socialist Party and Democratic Bulgaria.
