In Bulgaria, the parliament’s deputies were unable to choose a speaker, creating an unusual predicament that threatens to worsen the nation’s political stalemate.
Less than three weeks after the October 2 inconclusive elections, the deputies met in Sofia yesterday, Thursday, for the second day, and according to the Bloomberg News Agency, no faction was able to assemble the majority in favour of a candidate to lead the council.
Several candidates lost in three straight elections.
The current standoff emphasises Bulgaria’s political gridlock because no party is in a position to create a majority government and as a result, the nation is left in the dark while dealing with the energy crisis and general inflation. Voters may go back to the polls a fifth time within two years if a government is not established.
The announcement follows the early this month entry of seven parliamentary parties in the fourth parliamentary elections in the previous 18 months.
Despite the withdrawal of the two strongest parties, the Girp Party (Citizens for European Development in Bulgaria) and the liberal BP party for their candidates to take over the position of Speaker of Parliament on Thursday, the deadline occurred again.
These elections open the door for the creation of parliamentary groups and prepare the way for President Romain Radiv to choose the strongest group to form the government on his behalf.
Our society’s time is being consumed by the lost political time.
The citizenry does not wish to be a passive recipient of political offers, he continued.
The inability of Bulgarian deputies to choose a speaker of parliament results in a deadlock.
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