Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on Friday his PP party will nominate finance minister Assen Vassilev as its candidate to become the next prime minister, a move he hopes will allow it to stay in office and avoid new elections.
A PP-led coalition government last week lost a parliamentary vote of no-confidence and Petkov said PP will nominate Vassilev, a co-leader of the party, after one of its coalition allies, the Socialists, said they would not back a new government led by Petkov.
