After a runoff and several re-votes, the parliament still did not elect a speaker of the 51st National Assembly. A second optional procedure follows after 30 minutes of rest.
However, ITN candidate Silvi Kirilov collected a record 101 votes.
GERB - SDS nominated Raya Nazaryan. "I appeal to you for wisdom and a responsible decision. Support Mrs. Nazaryan's candidacy so that the Bulgarian parliament can function normally," said Temenuzka Petkova.
"Revival" reaffirmed the candidacy of Petar Petrov. According to the leader of the party, Kostadin Kostadinov, Petar Petrov is the logical choice for the Speaker of the National Assembly. "I am turning to PP-DB. Again they have to make a choice between DPS and Peevski and towards democracy. Today you have a make-up exam once again. Be careful how you vote," Kostadinov pointed out.
"There is such a people" suggested Silvi Kirilov. "If it comes to a runoff, Silvi Kirilov and Raya Nazaryan will be there. "All those who do not vote for Silvi Kirilov vote for new elections with Prime Minister Glavchev," said Toshko Yordanov. He called for a SWORD and "Revival" in the run-off to support the candidacy of Silvi Kirilov.
We from "BSP-United Left" we hope to elect a candidate for the Speaker of the National Assembly and not a future acting Prime Minister. And since we are electing the chairman of the National Assembly, we do not consider that there is a more suitable person than Associate Professor Nataliya Kiselova. We reaffirm our view, noted Borislav Gutsanov.
The entire Bulgarian people are watching us as session after session we cannot elect a chairman of the National Assembly. We have nothing to do with "Revival", we have a different view of the world. They want to go to Russia, we to Europe. It is an absolute shame that there is no chairman after the next meeting. From "Continuing the Change" we think we should take a step back, choose the oldest among us. If you ignore your political ego, take a big step back so that the oldest can lead this parliament. Let's not look like a group of people looking out for their own interests, said Kiril Petkov from the parliamentary rostrum.
Borislav Gutsanov replied to Kiril Petkov - We are not going to Europe, we are in Europe. Act like a Bulgarian national representative.
"We from the PP-DB turned to you to unite on one criteria for the chairman of the National Assembly. So that the carousel of mandates can begin. We are doing it with concrete actions, we did not nominate Andrey Tsekov, who would be a wonderful speaker of the parliament", said Nadezhda Yordanova. She called for a common solution to be found for the election of the Speaker of the 51st Parliament.