Parliament just nuked next year's state budget along with the Health Fund and State Social Insurance budgets after MPs from GERB-SDF, BSP-United Left, and There Is Such a People submitted the withdrawal proposal. The vote passed with 201 MPs backing it, while Velichye sat out completely.
PP-DB and Vazrazhdane wanted Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova to show up and explain why the budget process crashed and burned, but the National Assembly chair shot that down since the proposal came from a party instead of the government. Assen Vassilev from PP-DB called out the flip-flopping, saying everyone claimed this was the only workable budget just a week ago.
Martin Dimitrov added that any replacement budget probably would not fix the spending mess anyway, and trust in the government is basically dead. MECH joined the pile-on, with their guy suggesting the budget needs a total overhaul.
PP-DB and Vazrazhdane wanted Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova to show up and explain why the budget process crashed and burned, but the National Assembly chair shot that down since the proposal came from a party instead of the government. Assen Vassilev from PP-DB called out the flip-flopping, saying everyone claimed this was the only workable budget just a week ago.
Martin Dimitrov added that any replacement budget probably would not fix the spending mess anyway, and trust in the government is basically dead. MECH joined the pile-on, with their guy suggesting the budget needs a total overhaul.
