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Bulgarian socialists decline to form gov't

Xinhua, December 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

BSP-Left Bulgaria, the second largest parliamentary group in the country's National Assembly, officially declined on Wednesday to form a government.

Korneliya Ninova, leader of BSP-Left Bulgaria, immediately returned the mandate handed to her by Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev.

Similar to what GERB party leader Boyko Borissov did on Friday, Ninova declared she would not propose a structure and composition of the Council of Ministers within the current parliament.

"The resources of this National Assembly are depleted, it is unable to form a lasting majority, and can not guarantee stability," Ninova said at a press conference after the mandate-giving ceremony.

Later on Wednesday, the press office of Plevneliev said the mandate would now be passed to the parliamentary group Reformist Bloc on Dec. 12, and that he would appoint a prime minister-designate nominated by the Reformist Bloc.

According to the Bulgarian Constitution, if the third attempt to form a new cabinet also fails, the president shall appoint a caretaker government, and early parliamentary elections would be held in late March or early April 2017.

The GERB-led coalition government resigned in mid-November after the opposition-backed candidate Rumen Radev won the presidential election. Endit