Sofia: Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov resigned on Thursday after weeks of massive protests held across various cities of the country. Zhelyazkov made the announcement shortly before the Cabinet faced another vote of confidence, the sixth since it assumed office in January.

“We have no doubt that in the upcoming vote of no confidence, the government will receive support. But for us, the decisions of the National Assembly have meaning only when they express the will of the sovereign,” Politico quoted Zhelyazkov as saying.

A formal vote on government’s resignation must be held at the next plenary session in parliament, where the coalition still has a majority.

“Our desire is to rise to the level of what society expects. At this moment, as the constitution dictates, power derives

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