Q. You and your government resigned on July 23, dissolved parliament and called for new elections on October 5. Why?
A. Our government was a minority government with the support of 119 out of 240 members of parliament. It was not easy to work in such an environment. The vast majority of ministers, as well as the prime minister himself, were technocrats. And, after the European elections, it became clear that one of the two parties that backed the government, the Bulgarian Socialist Party [BSP], couldn't achieve much public support and that the government should resign.
