SOFIA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A newly formed majority of parliamentarians fired Speaker of the Bulgarian National Assembly Rosen Zhelyazkov on Thursday, a month and a half before the country's parliamentary elections.

In the 240-seat parliament, Zhelyazkov, a representative of the GERB-UDF coalition, was dismissed by 129 votes from the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) coalition and the Revival party, among others.

Zhelyazkov, elected in April 2023 shortly after the previous National Assembly elections, was accused of systematic failure to fulfill his duties as speaker of the parliament.

According to the rules of the parliament, until a new speaker is elected, the vice-speaker, who is a representative of the largest parliamentary party or coalition, will preside over the parliament. Currently, it is Rositsa Kirova, also from GERB-UDF, which holds 69 seats.

GERB-UDF and PP-DB had a joint government based on an agreement, but after Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov from PP-DB resigned on March 5, they failed to continue collaboration.

The failure to form a new government led to the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 9. Enditem

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