MPs with another attempt to elect the President of the National Assembly

At their meeting on Wednesday, MPs failed to elect a president in both the ballot and the subsequent revote.
On Thursday, MPs meet again in an attempt to elect their own speaker. Thus, the first session of the National Assembly is now in its 14th day, and the upcoming election of a speaker will be a record in the political history of our country.
At Wednesday's sitting, MPs failed to elect a speaker in both the ballot and the subsequent re-vote, BGNES reminds. 220 MPs took part in the ballot. Only 19 PP-DB MPs took part in the vote after the Democratic Bulgaria MPs left the chamber.
In the ballot, the candidacy of Raya Nazaryan from GERB-SDU was rejected. "69 MPs voted for her, 147 against and 4 abstained. In the ballot, the candidacy of Silvi Kirilov from ITN also did not gather a majority. "100 MPs voted for it, 100 against, 17 abstained.
Stanislav Balabanov from ITN said that if on Wednesday no chairman was elected it would be disgraceful and asked for a re-voting procedure. Everyone can see that an attempt is being made to play with the quorum, the MP said. He appealed to the BSP and the PPP-BJP for support on the ground that anything else would create "a lot of dependency issues".
I suggest that we untie the knot in the next 48 hours, BSP interim chairman Atanas Zafirov urged and suggested that the candidates for the National Assembly be replaced.
In conclusion, Silvi Kirilov, chairing the session, said that the responsibility of MPs to the people who elected them is becoming heavier. | BGNES