CONSTITUTION
Chapter One: Fundamental Principles
Chapter Two: Fundamental Rights and Obligations of Citizens
Chapter Three: National Assembly
Chapter Four: President of the Republic
Chapter Five: Council of Ministers
Chapter Seven: Local Self-Government and Local Administration
Chapter Eight: Constitutional Court
Chapter Nine: Amendments to the Constitution. Adoption of a New Constitution
Chapter Five
Council of Ministers
Article 105.
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(1) The Council of Ministers shall head the implementation
of the state's domestic and foreign policy.
(2) The Council of Ministers shall ensure the public order and national security and shall exercise overall guidance over the state administration and the Armed Forces.
Article 106. The Council of Ministers shall manage the implementation of the state budget; organize the management of the state's assets; conclude, confirm or denounce international treaties when authorized to do so by law.
Article 107. The Council of Ministers shall rescind any illegitimate or improper act issued by a minister.
Article 108.
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(1) The Council of Ministers shall consist of a
Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers and ministers.
(2) The Prime Minister shall head, coordinate and bear responsibility for the overall policy of the government. He shall appoint and dismiss the deputy ministers.
(3) Each member of the Council of Ministers shall head a ministry, except insofar as the National Assembly resolves otherwise. Each minister shall account for his own activity.
Article 109. The members of the Council of Ministers shall swear before the National Assembly the oath established by Article 76 para 2.
Article 110. Eligible for election to the Council of Ministers shall be any Bulgarian citizen qualified to be elected to the National Assembly.
Article 111.
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(1) The authority of the Council of Ministers shall
expire upon any of the following occurrences: 1. a vote of no confidence
in the Council of Ministers or the Prime Minister. 2. the resignation of
the Council of Ministers or the Prime Minister: 3. death of the Prime Minister.
(2) The Council of Ministers shall hand in its resignation before the newly elected National Assembly. (3) Should any of the above occur, the Council of Ministers shall continue to act until the election of a new Council of Ministers.
Article 112.
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(1) The Council of Ministers shall be free to ask
for the National Assembly's vote of confidence in its overall policy, its
program declaration, or on a specific issue. A resolution shall require
a majority of more than half of the votes of the National Assembly Members
present.
(2) Should the Council of Ministers fail to receive the requested vote of confidence, the Prime Minister shall hand in the governmentâs resignation.
Article 113.
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(1) A member of the Council of Ministers shall not
hold a post or engage in any activity incompatible with the status of a
Member of the National Assembly.
(2) The National Assembly shall be free to determine any other post or activity which a member of the Council of Ministers shall not hold or engage in.
Article 114. Pursuant to and in implementation of the laws, the Council of Ministers shall adopt decrees, ordinances and resolutions. The Council of Ministers shall promulgate rules and regulations by decree.
Article 115. A minister shall issue rules, regulations, instructions and orders.
Article 116.
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(1) State employees shall be the executors of the
nation's will and interests. In the performance of their duty they shall
be guided solely by the law and shall be politically neutral.
(2) A law shall establish the conditions for the appointment and dismissal of state employees and the conditions on which they shall be free to belong to political parties and trade unions, as well as to exercise their right to strike.
