GERB leader Boyko Borissov convened a meeting at the party headquarters with regional coordinators, ministers, MPs, and mayors as part of the party’s Executive Committee gathering. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov was also present, despite not holding a cabinet meeting this week following Borissov’s sharp criticism over GERB’s municipal election performance in Pazardzhik.

Delyan Peevski, leader of the DPS-New Beginning party, stated unequivocally that there will be no early elections in Bulgaria, a position he reiterated shortly after the National Assembly failed to convene for the third consecutive day due to a lack of quorum. This marks a shift from his previous warnings that “everything is in Borissov’s hands, whether he will throw the state into the abyss.

For the third consecutive day, Bulgaria’s National Assembly failed to begin its session due to a lack of quorum. Only 53 members of parliament were present at the 9 a.

"Revival" leader Kostadin Kostadinov has described the current dynamics between Boyko Borissov and Delyan Peevski as a lethal struggle for political supremacy and survival. Kostadinov said that the tension cannot last indefinitely, as GERB is increasingly uncomfortable in what he described as the role of a secondary player under Peevski’s influence.