Main article: Politics of Bulgaria Bulgaria is a parliamentary republic. By direct universal suffrage every four years is elected Parliament. The party with most votes is given the mandate to form government. According to the unwritten rule, the leader of the winning party has held the position of Prime Minister, who holds ultimate authority in matters both internal and international relations. Unlike presidential and semi-presidential states (USA, France etc.), In Bulgaria the president has only representative functions and protocol, but no executive or legislative. The Bulgarian President is elected by voting for a period of five years with the right to one reelection. The President holds the position of Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The President is the head of Homeland Security and may return a bill to parliament for debate.The parliament can dismiss the veto with the approval of more than half of the members of the National Assembly. The Bulgarian Parliament is composed of a camera, the National Assembly, made up of 240 deputies elected by popular vote for terms of four years. Lists of candidates were voted for the nine administrative divisions. A party must win 4 of the votes cast in order to join the parliament. The parliament is responsible for enacting laws, approve the national budget, scheduling the presidential election to elect the Prime Minister and other ministers, to make declarations of war, authorizing the deployment of Bulgarian troops abroad and ratify international treaties and agreements without the right to it. In the 2005 elections was imposed Sergei Stanishev, obtaining 31 of the vote. His main opponent, Simeon Saxcoburggotski, had to be content with 20 of the vote, while the Movement for Rights and Freedoms was 12 . However, these three political forces have formed a coalition government.See also: National Movement Simeon II
