“I know Dimitar Zdravkov for over 20 years, when I last kicked him out of the BSP Youth Union in Studentski”. This is what the political scientist wrote on his Facebook profile Teodor Slavevwho is the program director of the Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives (BIPI), speaking for the chairman of the temporary commission for the adoption of the rules of procedure of the 52nd National Assembly. Zdravkov – an MP from “Progressive Bulgaria”, elected from Pleven – is in the focus of public attention because of the controversial changes in the rules imposed by the rulers.
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Slavev adds that “the Radevs are his best men at the wedding” and that Zdravkov “fit very well into the networks of loyalty that Radev obviously values”.
“Attack against parliamentarism”
“This subject presided over the Temporary Commission for the Regulations of the National Assembly, which has the rank of law. Such an attack against parliamentarism has never happened in our recent history.
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Leave the restrictions on the opposition that the majority has secured. Leave the protection to the ministers that the majority secured. Leave the restrictions on parliamentary debate that the majority has secured. Leave the 26-second committee meetings that the majority secured.
Under the chairmanship of Dimitar Zdravkov, who – before coming to the BSP – was the youth chairman of GERB in Pleven, but there is no malice under Rumen Radev, after all Koprinkov is his chief of staff, the parliament decided that it will also limit the time for nominations of personnel and hearings in the regulators”, also writes Teodor Slavev.
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“The standard is coming back when they chose Peevski as the head of DANS”
“With my hand on my heart, I have to admit that this article in the regulations is the result of BIPI’s interventions and it was pushed by Maya Manolova. It has developed over the years, but thanks to it we can ask questions, make profiles of the candidates for the regulators and have time to know who they are. Now this is changing. The standard is returning when they chose Peevski as the head of DANS.
I didn’t have high expectations from Rumen Radev and this government, but this is turning back the clock,” concludes the political scientist.
The controversial changes
New controversial amendments to the rules of the National Assembly passed through the temporary committee in the parliament. Fewer instruments for parliamentary control, shorter terms for selecting regulators and speeding up the legislative process are envisaged. A limit was proposed on the questions MPs could ask the government, and a practical exemption for ministers from the obligation to answer.
With the acceptance of the proposals, the restriction laid down in the current regulations, according to which the ministers have no right to postpone their appearance before the deputies more than twice, also disappears.
In order to more quickly fill state bodies with expired mandates, “Progressive Bulgaria” proposed another controversial amendment – shortening the period in which the deputies can familiarize themselves with the candidacies for a specific position or body, from 7 to 3 days. This change received the support of the temporary committee despite the sharp reaction of the opposition. We remind you that the PB previously completely controlled the committee, which has 16 deputies.
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According to the current rules, the standing parliamentary committees consider the bills allocated to them “not earlier than 72 hours after receiving them”, unless the committee itself decides otherwise. PB wanted this to be done the next day, but in the end they gave in a little – 48 hours were accepted.
However, the time the MPs will have to familiarize themselves with the bills, the documents related to them and the report of the leading committee is being shortened sharply – from “no later than 72 hours before the start of the session in which they will be considered”, as it was until now, to 24 hours.
One of the amendments passed stipulates that the deputies justify the proposals they make on bills during the second reading vote in the plenary hall, not within 5 minutes, as is the case now, but for a maximum of 3 minutes.
The texts now go to the plenary for final approval.
Source: Actualno
