With 226 votes "for", no votes against and one "abstention", Bulgaria's National Assembly decided that the first mandate to form a government with Prime Minister candidate Mariya Gabriel from GERB-SDS ended unsuccessfully. The decision was made at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday.
According to the Constitution, a second exploratory mandate for forming a government is to be handed over. GERB-SDS however said they are not going to participate in "attempts at formig a cabinet within the second or the third mandate".
According to the Constitution, a second exploratory mandate for forming a government is to be handed over. GERB-SDS however said they are not going to participate in "attempts at formig a cabinet within the second or the third mandate".