For the elections to be held on October 20, the new cabinet must be sworn in before the National Assembly on August 20 at the latest.
Three days, of which a single working Friday, before the deadline by which the new caretaker government must be ready, Gorica Grancharova, appointed as Prime Minister, continues her peculiar casting for future caretaker ministers, reported BGNES.
The deadline for this is Monday. For the elections to be held on October 20, the new cabinet must be sworn in before the National Assembly on August 20 at the latest.
Gorica Grancharova must find 19 ministers by August 19.
It has already become clear that Finance Minister Lyudmila Petkova will keep her post, and in her conversation with Kozhareva they discussed that she should also remain as Deputy Prime Minister.
On Tuesday, former Minister of Economy Daniela Vezieva commented that she is also ready to take over one of the departments. According to unofficial information, Grancharova also held a conversation with Maria Pavlova, who heads the Ministry of Justice.
Official Minister of Agriculture Georgi Tahov remains in his post and in Gorica Grancharova's office, it became clear on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, it also became clear that acting interior minister Kalin Stoyanov did not receive an invitation to remain in his post and in Grancharova's office.
Official energy minister Vladimir Malinov and economy minister Petko Nikolov will also retain their positions. "If I receive a proposal from the Prime Minister, he said, I will accept it to complete the inspection of Bulgartransgaz, but also because there are still many key issues to be resolved," Malinov specified.
So far, the ministers who have accepted and will probably keep their posts in the new cabinet are defence, transport, culture, justice, and finance - Atanas Zapryanov, Georgi Gvozdeikov, Nayden Todorov, Maria Pavlova, Lyudmila Petkova. Galin Tsokov of education and Galya Kondeva of health care have also agreed to remain ministers. Ivan Kondov, on the other hand, will most likely take over the position of acting minister of foreign affairs, until now he was held by Dimitar Glavchev.
Daniela Vezieva, the former Minister of Economy in Stefan Yanev's office, stated that she would accept an invitation from Grancharova, but it depends on the conditions set for her.
The caretaker minister of innovation and growth, Rosen Karadimov, also held talks with the future caretaker prime minister, Gorica Grancharova-Kozhareva, regarding participation in a new cabinet. Karadimov would accept to stay in office, but it will "depend on many factors". IBGNES
