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We Continue the Change has not yet secured the necessary support of 121 votes

Kiril Petkov
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The only price we are not prepared to pay is to allow a slide back into backroom politics, outgoing Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told journalists in parliament. 
Asked whether the party has secured the votes of the 121 MPs to support a possible government, Petkov replied: "Negotiations are ongoing with the MPs who quit There is Such a People (ITN). The condition for them is that their decisions should not be taken by ITN leader Slavi Trifonov.



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