The GERB party, which proposed the minority government, finished first in the June elections but has only 68 legislators in the 240-seat National Assembly.
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00:00Bulgaria's parliament voted down a minority government proposed by the centre-right GERB
00:09party, bringing the country closer to new elections.
00:13Lawmakers voted 138 to 98 to reject the proposal, designed to make 56-year-old former parliament
00:21speaker Rozenjelijaskov the next prime minister.
00:25This is the sixth election in the last three years, resulting in shaky coalitions.
00:31The GERB party won the June elections, but only has 68 legislators in the 240-seat National
00:38Assembly.
00:39Although party leader Bokyo Borisov tried to find coalition partners by refusing to
00:44become prime minister for a fourth time, his offer could not garner enough support.
00:49The country's president will now hand the mandate to forming a government to the runner-up
00:54in the elections, the centrist MRF party.