The Budget and Finance Committee of the Parliament adopted a draft decision on procedural rules for the election of a candidate for Deputy Governor, heading the "Issuing" department at the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB).

The draft was adopted with 12 votes "for", 5 votes "against" and not a single "abstention".

According to the draft, the Governor of the BNB will propose a candidate within 7 days after the adoption of the rules. The proposal and documents will be published on the website of the National Assembly 7 days before the hearing.

In the initial version, the deadlines were 3 days, but they were extended to 7 days at the proposal of the chairman of the committee, Delyan Dobrev.

Criticism from the opposition:

  • Martin Dimitrov from PP-DB stated that the election should be held by the next parliament. He proposed extending the deadlines to 14 days, but the proposal was not accepted.
  • Tsoncho Ganev from "Vazrazhdane" (Revival) expressed the opinion that the current parliament does not have the legitimacy for such decisions. He added that the function of the BNB employees has decreased after entering the Eurozone.

The adoption of the rules takes place after Andrey Gyurov, former Deputy Governor of the BNB, became caretaker Prime Minister, which necessitates the election of a new Deputy Governor.