Under the Constitution: The President Should Hand Over the First Government Forming Mandate to GERB

Under the Constitution, President Rumen Radev must first hold consultations with the parliamentary parties.

He must then hand the first exploratory mandate to GERB, as the largest political force .

If they fail to form a government, the mandate is handed over to the second-largest group in Parliament - We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria.

If a cabinet still cannot be formed, the head of state chooses to whom the third mandate will be given.

If they fail to form a government, the President hands over the third mandate to a parliamentary group at his discretion. If it fails too, the President appoints a caretaker government and schedules new elections within two months.

Following the recent constitutional amendments, the President may choose the caretaker Prime Minister from among ten individuals:

• Speaker of Parliament Raya Nazarian;

• BNB Governor Dimitar Radev and his deputies - Petar Chobanov, Radoslav Milenkov and Andrei Gyurov, the latter of whom is on leave and undergoing a legal procedure on the legality of his office;

• Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva and Deputy Ombudsman Maria Filipova;

• The President of the Court of Auditors Dimitar Glavchev, who has already served in this role. And his two deputies - Margarita Nikolova and Silvia Kadreva.

Until the procedure is completed, the outgoing government continues to perform its duties.