For future prime minister Boiko Borissov, July 8 - the third day after his party's election victory - started with a visit to Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev where Borissov told reporters that Tsvetan Tsvetanov would be taking the Interior Ministry portfolio. Other than giving out the second name among his future ministers, after economist Simeon Dyankov was confirmed as the new finance minister, Borissov vowed his support to Velchev and the Prosecutor-General's work against crime and corruption.

Borissov said that the Prosecutor-General's Office had six months to prove worthy of this 100 per cent trust. "We have a package of measures that we will discuss with the Prosecutor-General's Office so that we can solve all of their problems regarding legislation," Borissov said.

One such idea was to set up a special unit at the Prosecutor-General's Office or a new separate body to fight specific crimes.

Borissov said that within 15 to 20 days the European Commission would unfreeze funds to Bulgaria so that the construction of highways could start. "That's why we need a well-organised Prosecutor-General's Office and we give it our support," he said.

According to him, politics had no place in the work of prosecutors, which was why he did not discuss any such thing with Velchev. "The place of the Prosecutor-General's Office is with the judiciary, not with the executive, because we will not put any pressure on them but we don't know what those who will come after us will do," Borissov said.

A few hours after he saw Velchev, Borissov went to take part in the inauguration of 60 new buses for Sofia's public transport. "I want to use this opportunity to ask Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev not to appoint any diplomats at the Cabinet's Thursday (July 9) weekly session," Borissov said, saying that he had information the Cabinet intended to make such appointments.

"Taking such decisions is neither right nor moral especially since the people's vote is clear," Borissov said. "We will form a cabinet as soon as possible and nothing urges Stanishev to take such decisions," Borissov said.

He also hinted that any such late-minute appointments would not last under his administration. "The full list of the cabinet ministers' names will become clear after the new Parliament starts running," Borissov said.