Breaking news Bulgaria's New Caretaker Government Takes Oath Of Office Lastminute news

It will led by Dimitar Glavchev, incumbent head of Bulgaria's National Audit Office.

Bulgaria's new caretaker government was sworn in on Tuesday, state news agency BTA reported.

"Our external partners need to see a confident country that follows a steady European course. We will safeguard the sovereignty of the country and work for the well-being of the Bulgarian citizens," caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said in a ceremony in parliament.

Glavchev, 60, is the head of the National Audit Office.

Wishing success to the caretaker government, outgoing Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, for his part, said: "One of the toughest and most important tasks of a caretaker Cabinet is to ensure free and fair elections. It is an uphill task because trust in some of the political processes has been undermined. I hope that your actions will help reclaim this trust."

The Denkov government was a majority coalition in power since last June.

In mid-March, the planned government rotation between coalition partners and the signing of a renewed government manifesto for the next nine months failed.

On March 26, the conservative GERB-UDF party rejected a final offer from the centrist Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) party, a former power-sharing partner, to form a government.

GERB's refusal of the deal paved the way for early national elections, the sixth since April 2021.

President Rumen Radev has set June 9 as the date for snap elections. The parliamentary vote is set to coincide with elections for Bulgaria's members of the European Parliament. -
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