SOFIA — Bulgaria's president accused the center-right government on Tuesday of endangering the survival of the state through its failure to tackle endemic corruption. In a strongly worded televised address to the nation, President Rumen Radev said he was "withdrawing my confidence" in the government, a symbolic act to demonstrate his dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's management. The president in Bulgaria has a largely ceremonial role. He can veto legislation but parliament can override the veto on a second attempt. "This government and administration are leading to the collapse of the state and depriving us of our future as a nation," Radev, a former air force commander, said in his live televised address.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2020 04:07 UTC