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GERB may trigger early elections if coalition partners continue to downplay its role, party leader Boyko Borissov said 

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GERB leader Boyko Borissov warned "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB) that he could trigger early elections if the coalition continues to downplay the role of GERB-SDS in the government's achievements. 

"If you do not correct yourselves, there will be another vote of no confidence and we'll have you lined up in front of our offices, if you wish. If not, we will proceed to (snap parliamentary - ed.) elections," he said. 

At a pre-election meeting in Shumen, the former prime minister described as "brazen" the statements made by PP-DB after yesterday's no-confidence motion in which the government survived. 

"Without the support of GERB and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) would they have stood and said - we are successful, how can you attribute 62 changes to 30 MPs?", Boyko Borissov asked.

"I am glad that GERB is also excited about the successes achieved. The reforms we hoped for over the past 10 years, have happened - yes, thanks to their votes, too", We Continue the Change Co-Chairman Kiril Petkov responded to the criticism. He explained that most of the adopted laws were foreseen in the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the last regular cabinet. "The Battalion Is Falling In is no longer a fad today. If we continue to forge reforms the way we did in the last 60 days, I will be happy if GERB embraces them. Nobody is going to make us fall in in front of any rooms," he concluded.
The parties are currently campaigning for local elections. The polls will be held on 29 October.

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