Bulgarian President Radev will no longer use National Guard Service transport

published on 10/16/25 2:53 PM

Photo: BTA

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has announced that as of October 20 this year he will travel to work in his personal car. “When a law is being adopted that forces people to do state work in their personal cars, I will stand in solidarity with them,” he justified his decision.

The head of state’s decision comes in response to legislative changes, according to which the cars of the National Guard Service (NSO) will no longer be at the disposal of the administration of the presidential institution. Thus, he will use his personal car “in cases when employees of the presidential administration are forced to use their personal cars in the performance of their official commitments related to state ceremony and protocol and events from the president’s work program,” says a letter to the head of the NSO, sent to the media by the press secretariat of the head of state.

National Guard Service will no longer provide transportation for the presidential administration

Rumen Radev called on the members of parliament to get out of the limousines: “This way, some of them will finally get to know their voters.”

Meanwhile, the “DPS – New Beginning” party proposed the possibility for the Speaker of the National Assembly, the President and the Prime Minister to be able to waive their personal security through a change in the Law on the National Security Service.

“The change is in response to the request of President Rumen Radev that he wishes to waive his security, but the law does not allow him,” the party’s statement said, quoted by BTA.

Edited by Diana Tsankova
English: R. Petkova

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Bulgarian President Radev will no longer use National Guard Service transport

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