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Former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's center-right GERB party appears to have won snap parliamentary elections, according to exit polls in Bulgaria's sixth such vote in the past three years, although it remains uncertain whether any party can cobble together a governing coalition.
For the sixth time in three years, Bulgarians will vote on June 9 in parliamentary elections as the poverty- and corruption-stricken Balkan nation seeks to end the long stretch of political instability and, perhaps, close the door on hopes for major reforms.
Zhelyazkov accused of ‘systematically’ failing to discharge his duties, state-run media reports
As the country approaches its sixth parliamentary elections in three years, two perennial and pervasive issues remain: corruption and the malign influence of Russia.
In an interview with RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, former Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov blamed the U.S.-sanctioned oligarch Delyan Peevski for the recent government collapse and said the influential politician was the " biggest evil in Bulgaria."