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| Bulgaria PM to quit after setback in presidential poll | |
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| Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said he will resign after his party's candidate was defeated in presidential elections. | |
| Mr Borisov had backed the centre-right speaker of parliament, Tsetska Tsacheva, who got only 35% in Sunday's run-off vote, according to exit polls. | |
| A political outsider, the former commander of the country's Air Force Rumen Radev, won with more than 58%. | |
| He was backed by the opposition Socialist Party. | |
| Earlier on Sunday, Mr Borisov had said: "We will not participate in any way in the government if we lose today." | |
| After the exit polls gave the opposition's candidate an overwhelming lead, he said he would fulfil his promise in the coming days. | |
| "The results clearly show that the ruling coalition no longer holds the majority," he said. | |
| "We accept the will of the people and we congratulate those who have the support of the majority of the voters." | |
| The coalition that Mr Borisov formed upon re-election in 2014 is dependent on the support of centre-left and nationalist parties. | |
| President-elect Radev has said he will keep Bulgaria in Nato but has affirmed that "being pro-European does not mean being anti-Russian". | |
| His opponent, Mrs Tsacheva, was seen as more pro-Europe than him, and had referred to Bulgaria's past as a Soviet satellite as the country's "dark past". |