Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Political scientist Daniel Smilov: New draft constitution is imperfect

Daniel Smilov
Photo: BGNES

The Bulgarian Constitution is about to fall victim to GERB's tactical political considerations, argues political scientist Daniel Smilov from the Centre for Liberal Strategies. In an interview for the BNR, Smilov said that GERB has a plan about how to remain in power in the next several months.
As Smilov explains, this plan goes through the convening of a Grand National Assembly, and in this case the agreement between the parties is important.
According to Smilov who is an expert in comparative constitutional law, the draft for a new Constitution is quite imperfect and most of its petitioners themselves do not agree with the basic ideas in it.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

The chances of electing a Speaker of the 51st National Assembly are minimal

The members of Parliament are rather skeptical before yet another attempt to elect a National Assembly Speaker. The candidates for Speaker of the National Assembly are Raya Nazaryan from GERB-SDS, Natalia Kiselova from BSP-United Left, Petar Petrov..

updated on 11/27/24 1:17 PM

European Parliament will again call for the entry of Bulgaria and Romania by land into Schengen

At today's session of MEPs  opening in Strasbourg, the European Parliament will again call for full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Schengen . The agenda announcement makes clear that the EP will discuss the issue together with the European..

published on 11/26/24 7:05 AM
From left to right: Assen Vassilev, Bozhidar Bozhanov, Kiril Petkov, and Atanas Atanasov of the PP-DB coalition in the National Assembly, 12 November 2024. (Illustrative photo)

PP-DB open to talks with GERB

The coalition We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) , which came second in the October 27 parliamentary elections, has accepted an invitation for negotiations from the first political force - GERB-SDS.  GERB leader Boyko Borissov offers..

published on 11/23/24 4:37 PM