The No-Confidence Vote: A Real Form of Parliamentary Control or a Means of Political Destabilization Cover Image

Вотът на недоверие – реална форма на парламентарен контрол или способ за политическа дестабилизация?
The No-Confidence Vote: A Real Form of Parliamentary Control or a Means of Political Destabilization

Author(s): Adelina Valkova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Political Theory, Governance, Government/Political systems, Politics and law
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: interaction between powers; controlling powers of the National Assembly; forms of parliamentary control; no-confidence vote; political responsibility of the Council of Ministers

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the legal framework of one of the classical forms of parliamentary control – the no-confidence vote – as the main way of engaging and realizing the political responsibility of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers. Its implications are considered in both legal and political terms. The mechanisms laid down by the fathers of the 1991 Constitution, which protect the government from unjustified early termination of its powers, are analyzed. The need for more transparency in the implementation of the controlling powers of the National Assembly is stressed upon.

  • Issue Year: 22/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 302-307
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian