Bulgaria’s center-right party tasked with forming a new government | National

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has mandated the main center-right party with forming a government, almost three months after elections produced a deeply fragmented parliament. The GERB party won 69 seats in the Oct. 27 vote for the 240-member legislature, the most of any party but well short of a majority to govern alone. Prime Minister-designate Rosen Zhelyazkov, a former parliament speaker, presented a list of proposed Cabinet ministers for a minority coalition government and asked President Rumen Radev to send it to parliament for approval. The party picked Zhelyazkov to head a new government over its leader, Boyko Borissov, who led three governments between 2009 and 2021, when his Cabinet resigned following major anti-corruption protests.

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