Sofia city council fails in third attempt to elect chairperson
Majority of the councillors either did not vote or cast a void ballot on the vote for chairman
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At a third meeting on November 30, Sofia City Council failed to elect a chairperson. The voting took place in two stages - first and second round, both of which had a record number of spoilt ballots.
After tension arose at the beginning of the sitting of the city council, Boris Bonev, the candidate from “We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria” (Save Sofia) said that today the group will not put forward a candidate and called on his colleagues from the other parties to do so and elect a chairperson.
GERB-UDF, the second largest group, did not take part in the voting for the election of the chairperson of the Sofia City Council.
Three people were nominated for the post:
- Diana Tonova from BSP
- Krasimir Galabov from “Vazrazhdane”
- Plamen Danailov from “There is Such a People”
After the first round of voting, 27 of the 45 votes cast were invalid. Diana Tonova from BSP and Krassimir Galabov from “Vazrazhdane” got 7 votes each and went to the second voting, while four councillors voted for Plamen Danailov from “There is Such a People”.
40 municipal councillors from the 61-seat council voted in the second round. The valid ballots were only 15, of which 8 votes for Diana Tonova and 7 for Krassimir Galabov.
The support of 31 councillors is required in order to get a chairperson elected.