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GERB re-elects Boyko Borissov as party chairman

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GERB party is holding today a National Meeting in Sofia. The National Meeting delegates have unanimously re-elected Boyko Borissov, former Premier of Bulgaria, as leader of GERB. “Commanders are not replaced in times of war”, Boyko Borissov. Borissov's deputies Tomislav Donchev and Daniel Mitov also remained in office. In a political declaration, GERB party announced that it would work for a new government, following a strategy towards early general elections. In addition, the party is to set up a shadow government.

According to the opposition party, the current government has failed to cope with inflation, the social policy sector, the war in Ukraine, etc. 

Manfred Weber, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, also attended the forum.




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