Deputies are making the sixth attempt to elect the Speaker of the 51st Parliament.
The first session of the parliament has been going on for 18 days. It broke all the records for recent years, reports novini.bg.
GERB – The SDS nominated Raya Nazaryan as Speaker of the Parliament. "I urge you to show wisdom and responsibility and support Mrs. Nazaryan," said Temenuzka Petkova. "Revival" reaffirmed the candidacy of Petar Petrov. "BSP - United Left" again nominated Assoc. Natalia Kiselova. "In this difficult situation, she is the most suitable chairman of the National Assembly. We tried to make meetings with the political parties, thanks to "Revival" and SWORD. We believe that the way is a dialogue between the political parties", said Borislav Gutsanov. Toshko Yordanov from "There is such a people" called on the BSP and DB to elect the oldest deputy as chairman - Silvi Kirilov.
Atanas Zafirov again proposed a hearing for the nominees for the Speaker of the 51st Parliament. "We are facing a very difficult road. The big question is what path this National Assembly will draw for Bulgaria. The colleague from the BSP - Atanas Zafirov, is right, the candidates must state their positions. We must know to whom we are giving the whole country – both as chairman and as a potential acting prime minister, said Yavor Bozhankov from the PP-DB from the parliamentary rostrum.
Colleagues from ITN, don't be angry that sometimes they call you "the little DPS"! Do you know who was the partner of Lyuben Berov - they were partners. When we say that we cannot vote for Silvi Kirilov and we do not know what his resume is - here I am correcting this mistake. In Hristo Kovacki's party, Silvi Kirilov was the leading cadre, added Bozhankov. According to him, Silvi Kirilov also has relations with Yordan Hristov - the fictitious father of the child of "Miss Bikini". - Borislava Yovcheva, in the "Barcelonagate" scandal, associated with GERB leader Boyko Borisov. Times are hard - rise of populism and fascism. Hitler is not coming because he was elected by the people. In Germany, the systemic parties cannot prevail and are tempted to seek the support of fascists, thinking that by framing them they will gain popularity. We should not be the people who give them a hand, Bozhankov also shared. He was adamant that he would not support Silvi Kirilov's candidacy.
In response, Toshko Yordanov stated: "Colleagues from the PP and DB, excuse me, I'm going to talk about that thing, a red bastard. He talks about things from 30 years ago. and in a rather silly context. Mr. Asen Vassilev, Kalina Konstantinova and Bozhidar Bojanov were close to that Prime Minister Marin Raikov.
On one side are cops, on the other side are also cops. Peevski is visible on one side, Borisov on the other, said Gabriel Valkov from the BSP. United Left". "I don't understand why you don't support Assoc. Natalia Kiselova? We have an alternative candidate. Why don't you support him?" he asked.
"There is no age in politics. This is shown by the Bulgarian and world practice", said Silvi Kirilov. In the listed things, I was invited by Mr. Bozhankov as a professional and I have certain qualities," he justified. Kirilov explained that he was invited to the party of Hristo Kovacki as an expert on health care. "When I found out that I was included in some bodies, I took action to be released and I was released. In all these circumstances - there are no secrets, and I am proud that I have contributed something to the movement forward in the "healthcare" sector, pointed out Silvi Kirilov.
On January 16, they will elect Sarafov as the chief prosecutor. In order to prevent this from happening, we must do something now, after 10 minutes, pointed out Stanislav Balabanov. He assured that no talks were held with Silvi Kirilov about a potential caretaker government. "With a working parliament, the home book can be filled," he also said. "I urge you to think with your heads, to stop wasting the time of the Bulgarian public, who are waiting for the budget to be voted on. All this hangs on 17 votes. Let's unblock the work of the parliament if you want to see a change," added Balabanov.
Kiril Petkov from "The change continues - Democratic Bulgaria" called on Silvi Kirilov, if elected as Speaker of the National Assembly, to raise the level of this parliament. His speech was provoked by the words of Toshko Yordanov. "When each of us allows such words – to be automatically stopped. The only way we can move forward is to raise this basic level of communication," Petkov noted. According to him, the biggest concern of the PP-DB is the election of Borislav Sarafov as the chief prosecutor.
The candidacy of "BSP – United Left" Assoc. Natalia Kiselova received 50 votes "for", 113 were "against" and 75 "abstained". Petar Petrov - 46 "for", 128 "against" and 64 "abstained". Raya Nazaryan, nominated by GERB - SDS, received the support of 69 people's representatives, 164 voted "against" and 5 "abstained". Silvi Kirilov's candidacy gathered 66 votes "for", 115 "against". and 57 "abstained". After the first round of voting, Raya Nazaryan and Silvi Kirilov go to a runoff.
The chairman announced a 60-minute break.