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Stefan Janew remains interim head of government for the time being
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Even in the third attempt this year, no new government has been formed in Bulgaria.
President Rumen Radev dissolved the parliament, which was only elected on July 11th, with a decree in the capital Sofia on Thursday.
At the same time, he scheduled parliamentary elections in the EU member state for November 14th - for the third time this year.
On the same day, the presidential election will take place, in which Radev, who is considered to be pro-Russia, is trying to get a second term in office.
"The people's assembly failed to form a regular government under crisis conditions," the president justified the dissolution.
As a transitional government, he essentially reinstated a cabinet that had already been formed in May.
It consists of opponents of the former bourgeois prime minister Boiko Borisov, who come from different camps.
The first transitional government had brought to light corruption practices - for example in infrastructure projects - from the Borisov era.
The 62-year-old ruled from 2009 to May 2021 with a brief interruption.
»Fair and transparent elections« most important task
Former General Stefan Janew remains the interim head of government.
He was the President's Security and Defense Secretary.
The most important task is now the "organization of fair and transparent elections," promised Janew.
The economics and finance departments got new bosses.
The two previous ministers Kiril Petkow and Assen Wassilew announced that they would start a new "political project" in November that would be related to Radew.
After the elections on April 4 and July 11, none of the six parties in the divided parliament was able to unite a majority capable of governing.
The populist ITN of the entertainer Slawi Trifonow (65 seats) won the election in July just ahead of Borissov's bourgeois GERB (63 seats).
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