Stalemate in Bulgarian Parliament: Speaker Election Fails, Temporary Leader Proposed

The National Assembly in Bulgaria failed to elect a Speaker after two rounds of voting, leading to a deadlock. In the first round, candidates Natalia Kiselova, Nikoleta Kuzmanova, Petar Petrov, Raya Nazaryan, and Andrey Tsekov all failed to secure a majority. Consequently, only Raya Nazaryan, backed by GERB, and Andrey Tsekov, supported by WCC-DB, advanced to the second round....