Rossen Jeliazkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, officially announced his resignation and that of his cabinet this Thursday a day after a new one protest Mass demonstration against state corruption and only three weeks left until the introduction of the euro in his country. “I inform you that the government is resigning today. We listen to the voice of the citizens. Their demands are the resignation of the government (…) This civic energy must be supported and encouraged” said the President as MPs studied a motion of no confidence from the opposition.
He then highlighted the achievements he had achieved: “We promised macroeconomic stability and we achieved it. We promised and achieved unprecedented growth.” in budget revenues. “We have proposed a budget for 2026 that, despite its diversity and comments, focuses on the social protection and benefits that citizens must have and keep in the coming year.”
At this point he justified the failure of his government by saying: “None of this seems to have been fully explained.or our political opponents didn’t want to understand it. However, This is not an accusation against the citizens who are protesting. We understand that The protest is directed against vanity, arrogance, a protest for values, for behavior, for attitude“.
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Assen VasilevChairman of the opposition party “We are continuing the change” celebrated the resignation and called it “thefirst step towards transforming Bulgaria into a normal European state. The next step is to hold free and fair elections.”
Analysts say low confidence in Bulgarian institutions and leaders is compounded by concerns about possible price increases as the country prepares to adopt the euro as its official currency. “Bulgarian society finds itself in a situation of great unity regarding the country’s model of government” he explained Dobromir ZhivkovDirector of the Sociological Agency Market linksto the agency AFP.
Jeliazkov’s government was formed in January as a coalition of GERB’s conservatives and the former prime minister Boiko Borisovand two other formations as well as the parliamentary support of the Turkish minority.
The protests that led to the overthrow of the Jeliazkov government in Bulgaria
Last Wednesday evening there was a demonstration with tens of thousands of people in Sofia, the country’s capital, and other cities in protest against government corruption. This outraged movement, whose ranks include many young people, began at the end of November when the ruling party tried to quickly pass the 2026 budget, the first to be written in euros.
Due to pressure from the street, the government decided to release its draft budget on December 3rdwhich called for increases in certain taxes and social contributions, increases which, according to the opposition and demonstrators, were intended to conceal significant fund diversions.
During the protests, the word “Resign!” frequently used. was sung. and posters were put up saying “I’m fed up!” attached. Gergana Gelkova, 24, a retail worker, told the AFP The had joined the protest because widespread corruption had become “unbearable”.and found that most of his friends had left Bulgaria and had no plans to return.
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