Bulgaria’s President will hold government-forming consultations with MRF on November 2

President Rumen Radev will hold consultations with representatives of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) parliamentary group tomorrow, November 2, the head of state's press secretariat said on November 1. The meeting will start at 13.00 at the Presidency.

In accordance with Art. 99, par. 1 of the Constitution, the President holds consultations with the representatives of the parliamentary groups in the newly elected 48th Parliament. The consultations are a step before the President hands over a mandate to seek to form a government.

In accordance with the constitution, the first mandate must be handed to the largest parliamentary group, which in this case is GERB-UDF.

The President held consultations on Monday, October 31, with "We Continue the Change", the second largest parliamentary group. The meeting was part of the cabinet-forming consultations which started with GERB-UDF on October 26.

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