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Sat, Feb 11 2012
OLJ to provide votes needed to secure impeachment against Bulgarian President
On February 28 2010 OLJ held a protest rally against the Government of Boiko Borissov, accusing the ruling party of racketeering. A month later, OLJ said it would support GERB in its motion to impeach President Georgi Purvanov as it would trigger a debate on a new constitution. This was one of OLJ's main slogans at the 2009 elections.
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The ruling majority's efforts to mount an impeachment procedure against President Georgi Purvanov were boosted on March 11 2010 when the centre-right Order, Law and Justice (OLJ) party said it would support the move.
The impeachment bid follows Purvanov's decision to record a meeting with Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov, and then publish a transcript online, without Dyankov's knowledge.
On March 11 2010, OLJ said that it would support the motion to impeach Purvanov because it would boost the party's aim of calling a Great National Assembly and adopting a new constitution.
"The so-called Purvanov-Dyankov scandal is just a sign of the flaws in the current constitution that cannot be fixed but must be replaced in its entirety," the party said on its website.
"That's why we think that the debate on the impeachment procedure is an act not specifically aimed against Purvanov, but rather a mechanism for discussing fundamental problems in the relationship between institutions enshrined in the constitution."
"This debate will provide enough arguments to support a new constitution. The OLJ is ready to provide the required votes in favour of an impeachment procedure with the purpose of calling a serious political debate on the constitution," the party said.
The motion to start a debate on the President's impeachment in Parliament needs to be supported by a minimum of 60 out of 240 MPs.
To approve the motion and send it to the Constitutional Court, the ruling majority would need 161 votes.
The ruling party GERB has 117 MPs. The ultra-nationalist Ataka and the right-wing Blue Coalition, who have already said they would support the motion, have a total of 35 MPs.
With OLJ's eight MPs, the ruling majority will get exactly 160 votes in favour of sending the proposed impeachment to the Constitutional Court. GERB would most likely be able to count on the votes of three other independent MPs - Mario Tagarinski, Ventsislav Varbanov and Dimitar Choukarski - who have already stated their support for the Government.
The motion for Purvanov's impeachment could, in theory, get the support of 163 MPs. The two opposition parties, the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, have already said they would not support it.
The impeachment bid follows Purvanov's decision to record a meeting with Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov, and then publish a transcript online, without Dyankov's knowledge.
On March 11 2010, OLJ said that it would support the motion to impeach Purvanov because it would boost the party's aim of calling a Great National Assembly and adopting a new constitution.
"The so-called Purvanov-Dyankov scandal is just a sign of the flaws in the current constitution that cannot be fixed but must be replaced in its entirety," the party said on its website.
"That's why we think that the debate on the impeachment procedure is an act not specifically aimed against Purvanov, but rather a mechanism for discussing fundamental problems in the relationship between institutions enshrined in the constitution."
"This debate will provide enough arguments to support a new constitution. The OLJ is ready to provide the required votes in favour of an impeachment procedure with the purpose of calling a serious political debate on the constitution," the party said.
The motion to start a debate on the President's impeachment in Parliament needs to be supported by a minimum of 60 out of 240 MPs.
To approve the motion and send it to the Constitutional Court, the ruling majority would need 161 votes.
The ruling party GERB has 117 MPs. The ultra-nationalist Ataka and the right-wing Blue Coalition, who have already said they would support the motion, have a total of 35 MPs.
With OLJ's eight MPs, the ruling majority will get exactly 160 votes in favour of sending the proposed impeachment to the Constitutional Court. GERB would most likely be able to count on the votes of three other independent MPs - Mario Tagarinski, Ventsislav Varbanov and Dimitar Choukarski - who have already stated their support for the Government.
The motion for Purvanov's impeachment could, in theory, get the support of 163 MPs. The two opposition parties, the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, have already said they would not support it.
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The president is part of the problem in Bulgaria ....
Seems like a terrific over reaction to a mistake on the President's part. Doesn't Bulgaria have enough to worry about without ripping itself apart this way.