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Stanishev Cabinet holds last scheduled meeting

Thu, Jul 23 2009 10:48 CET

byClive Leviev-Sawyer

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Stanishev Cabinet holds last scheduled meeting

SPRUCE-UP: The Cabinet building in Sofia gets a wash-down on July 22 2009 as the country prepares for the Boiko Borissov government to take office.

Photo: Julia Lazarova

Stanishev Cabinet holds last scheduled meeting

DANCING IN THE STREETS: A constant in the years of the now-outgoing Stanishev Cabinet has been regular protests by various groups outside the Cabinet office, such as this one by eco-activists.

Photo: Krassimir Yuskeseliev

A footnote in history on the day that Bulgaria awaited prime minister-to-be Boiko Borissov’s full list of his choice of cabinet ministers was that in the final hours before the noon announcement, outgoing Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev brought together his Cabinet for a final meeting.
 
The agenda, as listed on the government website, was dominated by decisions on cases in the European Court of Human Rights, including amicable settlements and the case of "Alternative Synod" of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church which the court has directed Bulgaria to resolve.
 
One item was a draft resolution on coming up with a new law on livestock. Even if approved, there is no chance that the Stanishev Cabinet – the resignation of which has been formally approved by Parliament as it waits to vote on the Borissov cabinet – will ever implement its new livestock law decision.
 
The future careers of Stanishev’s ministers are not clear. While Stanishev’s Bulgarian Socialist Party and Ahmed Dogan’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms retained seats in Parliament, Simeon Saxe-Coburg’s National Movement for Stability and Progress – the third partner in the tripartite governing coalition – won none. Media reports said that most of the outgoing ministers from the NMSP would be returning to the private sector.
 

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