Parliament of Bulgaria amends laws obstructing constitutional appointment of caretaker prime minister

Bulgaria’s Parliament hastily leapt into the process of amending laws on March 29 in a bid to resolve issues related to the process of the head of state appointing a caretaker Prime Minister. Constitutional amendments approved by Parliament in 2023 created a limited list of candidates for the President to choose from in naming a caretaker head of government in the event of the failure of the process to come up with an elected government. In naming a caretaker Prime Minister, the head of state must choose from among the Speaker of the National Assembly, the governor and deputy governor of central Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), the Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman and head and deputy head of the Audit Office. However, recent days have shown President Roumen Radev’s options to be limited, in fact and in law.
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