How chat show host Trifonov lost Bulgaria’s election

Saturday 14th of August 2021

SOFIA — Popstar and TV chat show host Slavi Trifonov lost Bulgaria’s election this week, a month after having won it.

In four weeks of acrimonious attempts to corral potential allies together into a majority following the vote on July 11, Trifonov couldn’t win round a growing legion of skeptics questioning his sincerity on tackling top-level corruption. 

This means the Balkan country now faces the prospect of its third general election since April.

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“We will not allow the long arm of GERB and the MRF to clout the future government,” said Maya Manolova, one of the leaders of Rise Up, BG! Striking a similar tone, Hristo Ivanov, one of the leaders of Democratic Bulgaria, called for candidates who “bring trust rather than raise questions.”

Read the full article here:

https://www.politico.eu/article/slavi-trifonov-election-bulgaria-government-coalition-majority-corruption/