Overview
- Rumen Radev said he will file his resignation with the Constitutional Court on Tuesday after a televised address on public broadcaster BNT in which he asked forgiveness for unmet goals.
- Under Bulgaria’s constitution, Vice President Iliana Yotova would step in to serve the remainder of the term once she is sworn in by parliament.
- The resignation is the first by a Bulgarian head of state in the post-communist period.
- The decision comes after mass anti-corruption and euro-related protests that led Prime Minister Rosen Zheliazkov’s government to quit in December and left coalition talks deadlocked.
- Radev has indicated he could enter upcoming elections, and there is public speculation he may form a new political party.