06/08/2014
Good luck professor
Sofia, August 5 (BTA) - Law professor Georgi Bliznashki heads
the caretaker government which was formed by President Rosen
Plevneliev Tuesday to prepare snap elections in Bulgaria on
October 5. The government will have four deputy prime ministers,
including one in charge of justice.
This is the fourth caretaker government since the 1989 start of
democratic changes in Bulgaria and the second formed by
President Plevneliev.
Announcing the compotition and priorities of the caretaker
government, the President called it "expert and non-partisan".
He said it is an opportunity for Bulgaria to undertake important
measures: sign the partnership agreement with the European
Commission for 2014-2020, start the procedure for joining the
European banking supervision mechanism and sign the
Bulgaria-NATO 2020 programme.
"Inaction during a crisis is inadmissible and dangerous," said
the President.
The caretaker government will not seek revenge but will tell the
truth and will not conceal the real condition of the country,
the Head of State said.
"It will do a thorough analysis of the implementation of the
budget as of July 31 and will prepare a budget forecast until
the end of the year. It will show the real picture about the
finances in this country, the deficit, the fiscal reserve, the
debt, the revenue that has not been collected, the inflated
expenditures, the unpaid bills to the construction companies,
municipalities, hospitals and others, the public procurements
and contracts that have been signed even though no funding is
available for them."
The President also said that the government will revise the
Regions in Growth Programmes, project by project, and re-target
money for emergency relief after the recent devastating floods
in some parts of the country, and for supporting EU-funded
projects for which Brussels' funding has been suspended.
Also, the government will prepare an update of the national
budget for 2014 and will leave it for adoption by the next
Parliament.
It will be open to the civil society and will prove that the
ideas that people generate can be part of government programme.
"The civil society is the real hero of the past year," said
Plevneliev.
At its very first sitting, the government will put forward
Kristalina Georgieva as the Bulgarian candidate for the new
European Commission.
It will also set up an Energy Board with the participation of
international partners. "It reinstate an integrated approach in
the energy sector where everybody comes together to address the
problems in this troubled sector - rather than deal with a few
elect under the table."
South Stream will remain frozen until it gets a green light from
the European Commission, said Plevneliev.
Following is the line-up of the caretaker government:
Georgi Bliznashki: Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Ministers:
Ekaterina Zaharieva - Economic Policy
also Minister of Regional Development and Investment Planning
Yordan Hristoskov: Social Policy
also caretaker Minister of Labour and Social Policy Minister:
Hristo Ivanov: Justice, Home Affairs and Security
Iliana Tsanova: Management of EU Funding
Ministers:
Daniel Mitov: Foreign Affairs
Roumen Porozhanov: Finance
Vassil Shtonov: Economy and Energy
Svetlana Zhekova: Environment
Nikolina Angelkova: Transport, Communications and IT
Vassil Groudev: Agrticulture and Foods
Yordan Bakalov: Interior
Velizar Shalamanov: Defence
Miroslav Nenkov: Health care
Roumyana Kolarova: Education
Martin Ivanov: Culture
Evgenia Radanova: Youth and Sport.
