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Bulgarian Parliament approves reshuffle of Borissov 3 cabinet

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In a parliamentary sitting this morning, Bulgaria's Parliament voted on the dismissal from their posts of Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov, Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov, Healthcare Minister Kiril Ananiev and Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova. 

Their departments are taken over by Kiril Ananiev, who becomes Minister of Finance, Chief Commissioner Hristo Terziiski who has sworn in as Minister of Interior, Lachezar Borisov as Minister of Economy, Prof. Kostadin Angelov as Minister of Healthcare and Deputy Prime Minister Mariana Nikolova took over the Ministry of Tourism. 
116 MPs voted for the changes. 89 deputies were against, there were no abstentions. 
The procedure took place amidst a stormy atmosphere in the plenary. The members of the opposition BSP party chanted slogans with "resignation" and expressed their dissatisfaction with the absence of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, as well as the released ministers, from the plenary. 
The government is a source of crisis. The persons in power themselves are in instability. Cabinet ministers are being replaced in case of suspicion of corruption in order to save the corruption, said BSP leader Kornelia Ninova from the parliamentary rostrum. 
GERB MP Valentin Nikolov said that the leaders of the anti-government protests wanted a future caretaker government which would stop the construction of the Belene NPP and the Balkan Stream gas pipeline. 
The parliamentary group of the ruling GERB party issued a statement saying that Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev was destroying democracy and was aiming at introducing a presidential republic by dissolving parliament and amending the Constitution.
During a visit to Veliko Tarnovo's National Military University Vasil Levski, President Rumen Radev commented that the changes in the cabinet were an effort at earning time. 
We need a transparent, accountable and responsible government that does not serve the interests of business circles, but the interests of the people, which conducts meaningful reforms, bringing us closer to Europe. There is only one way out of the current situation - resignation of the government, the prosecutor general and early elections, Radev added.




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