After another leadership meeting between GERB-UDF and WCC-DB: Neither side backs down from their demands

After the leadership meeting between GERB-UDF and "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria", the negotiations continue. Today, April 26, at working level, the talks were about specifying timetables until an agreement is reached between the two coalitions. Neither side is backing down from their positions - "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) that they will not support the first mandate of GERB-UDF and GERB-UDF that they want guarantees from WCC-DB that their mandate will be successful and Bulgaria will have a regular cabinet after 5 consecutive elections.

Leaders of first and second largest parliamentary groups met, Borissov asked WCC-DB to present their proposal on a government line-up, WCC-DB consider talk about governance programme

For a little more than an hour, the first and the second largest political forces discussed deadlines and specifics on sectoral policies and the budget. A timetable should be ready by tomorrow evening and agreement on a programme and budget by Friday.

"In addition, we have made it a condition that the composition and structure of the Council of Ministers should be made available to us within the weekend, if our colleagues in WCC-DB coalition still think that it is right for GERB-UDF to do the unconventional and return the government forming mandate without fulfilling it, and to support WCC-DB as the second mandate holder. If this does not happen in the terms we have written, you understand that we have every reason to believe that they are taking an absolutely informal approach to forming a majority together," said Dessislava Atanasova, chairwoman of the GERB-UDF parliamentary group.

Earlier today, GERB-UDF commented that only sure guarantees and arguments that there will be a 100% result and a good result with the second mandate, is the only option to abandon the first mandate and not to fulfill their constitutional responsibility.

"When you seek support, because we are in the hypothesis of the second largest political force seeking the support of the first, right? When you seek support - you should give arguments, including a proposal for the cabinet line-up, the team of professionals. Can we get your support is the wrong tactic, setting new conditions," said Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Chairman of GERB.

GERB-UDF also announced today that they are ready to present a cabinet.

We have staff and experts, we are ready with more than one line-up," Tomislav Donchev added.

The coalition "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" assured that, as they have already said, they will prepare a governance programme to be implemented by the regular cabinet and will discuss it with the other groups. They have not yet decided whether they will announce a cabinet line-up.

Nikolay Denkov, WCC-DB: "Let's, first of all, go through a discussion of the coalition within. There are pros and cons in both options, so there is an inclination that we may propose as it was discussed yesterday. But there is no willingness to discuss names at the moment."

“Vazrazhdane” party is sceptical about the formation of a government between GERB-UDF and WCC-DB.

Kostadin Kostadinov, chairman of "Vazrazhdane": "I saw despair and frustration in GERB’s emerging crutch – “We Continue the Change” and “Democratic Bulgaria”, because it is obvious that they are put in a very difficult impasse by their own voters. If I was in their place, I would support my voters, and I would not support GERB, because their voters do not want a government with GERB."

MRF interpreted yesterday's leadership meeting as a conversation, but not as a dialogue and confirmed their thesis that they are in opposition.

Mustafa Karadayi, chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms: "Very recently it was Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr), the feast of repentance and forgiveness. Yesterday we heard at the conversations, between victims and executioners, we heard claims that they had forgiven each other, but we did not see Mr. Rashkov (former Minister of Interior) at that meeting."

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and There is Such a People (TISP) will go to a leadership meeting if invited.

Kornelia Ninova, BSP chairperson: "You already know the answer. If we are invited, we will participate".

Toshko Yordanov, Chairman of TISP parliamentary group: "If we are invited, we will participate. The initiative on how to deal with the first mandate for forming a government is up to the party that receives the first mandate".

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