Bulgaria: cabinet reshuffle, deputy vice-premier replaced
Simeonov resigned after protests of mothers of disabled children
21 November, 15:09As a matter of fact, the deputy prime minister spoke of them in public in October, calling them a ''bunch of braggers'' with ''presumably sick'' children. Before this controversial declaration, mothers had protested in Sofia and other Bulgarian cities to request more state funding for the care and assistance of their children.
This is the fifth reshuffle in the third government led by prime minister Boyko Borissov (leader of GERB), following the previous resignation of ministers Nikolay Petrov (Health), Ivaylo Moskovski (Transport), Nikolai Nankov (Regional Development and Public Works) and Valentin Radev (Interior). (ANSA).