Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 27 to approve an agreement with Poland for that country to repair and maintain the Bulgarian Air Force’s Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter aircraft.
The National Assembly approved the first and second readings of the ratification at a single sitting.
Voting in favour were Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, coalition government minority partner the Reformist Bloc, nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front, the opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms, and minority party the Bulgarian Democratic Centre.
The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party and minority party Ataka voted against. Socialist breakaway ABC, a participant in the coalition government, did not take part in the voting.
The first-reading vote was 133 in favour and 42 against and the second-reading vote was 130 in favour and 41 against...
[sofiaglobe.com]
27/11/15
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The National Assembly approved the first and second readings of the ratification at a single sitting.
Voting in favour were Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, coalition government minority partner the Reformist Bloc, nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front, the opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms, and minority party the Bulgarian Democratic Centre.
The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party and minority party Ataka voted against. Socialist breakaway ABC, a participant in the coalition government, did not take part in the voting.
The first-reading vote was 133 in favour and 42 against and the second-reading vote was 130 in favour and 41 against...
[sofiaglobe.com]
27/11/15
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