Health Minister suspends his election campaign in order to focus on the Covid-19 situation

"I'm suspending my election campaign! I didn't have to think too long before I made the decision, because it's the right one!", Bulgaria’s Minister of Health, Kostadin Angelov, wrote on his Facebook profile on March 9.

He added that he had informed the Prime Minister of his decision and had received support.

"I am sure that I will receive support from those who sympathize with me, as well as from my critics," Angelov added.

According to him, the only priority remains the health and life of the Bulgarian citizens.

"Today, more than ever, my place is in the ministry - where I can give the most to achieve our common mission - to leave COVID-19 in the past and move forward stronger, wiser, but most of all in good health! ", Kostadin Angelov wrote.

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Minister Angelov heads the ticket of the ruling GERB party in the cities of Varna and Veliko Turnovo.

The campaign for the April 4 parliemntary elections in Bulgaria opened on Friday, March 5. Thirty political parties and coalitions competing for the 240 seats in Pareliment will be campaigning until midnight on April 2.