[3] The other candidates for the position included Petar Petrov from Vazrazhdane, Silvi Kirilov from ITN and Viktoria Vasilieva from Velichie, although none managed to gather support from outside their parliamentary group.

[4] The political deadlock was broken following the decision by ITN to vote in favour of all candidates for the Speakership, thus assuring a 10-seat majority for her election.

[14] On the 8th of August, the report of the commission was officially presented before parliament, with it concluding that there was reasonable evidence of Mihaylov's participation in financial crimes such as money laundering and building a pyramid scheme.

[16] On the 1st of August, a commission was formed to investigate whether the mayor of Dospat, Elin Radev, had abused his power and engaged in corrupt practices, with its tenure limited until the 1st of September.

[20] In addition to the above listed committees, the parliament voted to extend the work of the temporary committee from the 49th National Assembly investigating the assassination of suspected Bulgarian mafia member, Martin "The Notary" Bozhanov and the potential role of another suspected member of the Bulgarian mafia, Pepi Evroto, in it.

[30] On the 27th of June, first-time MP, Aysel Rufad, was expelled from the DPS Parliamentary Group, with no official reason being provided.

On 14 June, an announcement was made that the group would be led by Aleksandr Svilenski, following a vote by the "political council" of the BSP for Bulgaria coalition.

[40] This decision was contested by the BSP National Council, which voted to appoint Borislav Gutsanov head of the parliamentary group on the 15th June.

On the 4th of September, long-time BPS MP, Mikhail Stavrev, resigned from the Parliamentary Group following the decision to expel Korneliya Ninova and other pro-Ninova politicians.

[44] Despite the expulsion of Ninonva, Svilenski and Chenchev from the Bulgarian Socialist Party, they continued to sit with the BSP for Bulgaria Parliamentary Group until the disbandment of the 50th National Assembly.

[49] On the 1st of July, as part of the government-formation procedure, Zhelyazkov, as the PM-Candidate from GERB officially received the first mandate and submitted his project-cabinet.

By early July, a high number of unaffiliated MPs had appeared in the parliament due to internal developments within the individual Parliamentary Groups.

[57] On the 11th of July, the GERB-SDS parliamentary group proposed a bill that was meant to alter certain aspects of the current unemployment benefit scheme and extend paternity leave.

[63] Two amendments to the state budget were proposed by the Ministry of Finance to the National Assembly, both of which were related to greater municipal spending requirements.

On the 24th of July, the parliament voted to authorise the extension of funding to 271 new municipal projects, thus increasing the spending in the budget by 308 million Leva.

[67] In the final day of the National Assembly prior to its suspension for the election campaign period, the parliament was set to debate a number of amendments to the Energy Law mandated by the EU Plan for Recovery and Resilience, including plans to liberalise the Bulgarian energy market by 2026 and the approval of a road-map for the closing of coal power-plants in Stara Zagora province.

[68] The debate on the amendments was opposed by Revival, BSP and ITN, who believed that it was intentionally rushed by the GERB-PPDB-DPS majority in order to reduce its societal resonance.

[68] Concequently, representatives from the Revival and ITN groups occupied the tribune of the National Assembly, citing perceived rules violations in the conduct of the session.

[68] At 10 PM, the session was temporarily suspended by Vice-Speaker Rositsa Kirova, with most MPs belonging to the GERB-SDS, PP-DB and DPS Parliamentary Groups leaving the room.

[68] Members from ITN and Revival continued to occupy the tribune, claiming that MPs from the supporting parties planned to return and vote on the amendments when the room had been vacated.

[68] The behaviour of the MPs was widely condemned by PP-DB and GERB, who accused them of preventing Bulgaria's fulfilment of important energy laws and of demonstrating anti-European practices.