Head of State Rumen Radev Rumen Georgiev Radevis a Bulgarian military man, major-general in the reserve. A former commander of the party awarded the second exploratory mandate of the PP-DB coalition to form a government. However, the President called on Acad. Nikolay Denkov is caretaker Minister of Education and Science in the cabinet of Ognyan Gerdzhikov. C, who is the nomination of the formation for a candidate for prime minister, to reconsider the realization of the mandate.

The reason for Radev's words were the recent political events in the country, among which politicians and institutions were discredited, including European representatives.

I am obliged to present this exploratory mandate, but in the name of preserving the remnants of normality and trust in the political system, I urge you to reconsider this mandate, the President said, specifying that he is called upon to protect the security and image of the Bulgarian state.

In turn, Acad. Denkov explained that Bulgaria needs a stable government to solve people's problems, but also a stable parliament to adopt the budget.

He assured that he would do everything in his power for Bulgaria to have a regular government next week.

In the coming days, we will negotiate with the other parliamentary forces in order to be able to form a regular government and to fulfill the tasks set out in our governing program, Acad. Daly.

Rumen Radev

Nikolay Denkov