he claims were leading to improved healthcare. Desislava Atanasova was his chosen successor. Changes in January 2013 On January 28, 2013, the Prime Minister fired Sergei Ignatov after a review on the Bulgarian National Science fund, carried out by the Inspectorate General of the Council of Ministers, confirmed mounting reports of ministerial mismanagement, including the hiring of unqualified people to the ministry and corruption in the granting process, over the past few months. The review was triggered by complaints from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University that the fund was used to funnel millions of levs to unsound projects ignoring the merits of more worthy proposals. On February 6, Academician Stefan Vodenicharov was sworn is as the new Minister of Education and Science. Resignation On February 20, 2013 the Borisov government offered its resignation. Parliament accepted the resignation the next morning with 209 MPs voting "for" and 5 "against" with 1 abstention. The move came after nationwide protests demanded it step down. The protests started earlier in the year over monopolies in the energy sector, which have resulted in increasing costs to the consumer. Austerity measures, unemployment and corruption were also reasons given by demonstrators for their discontent. On March 13, 2013 a provisional government was set up, chaired by Marin Raykov, and the parliamentary elections were moved up. See also Second Borisov Government Third Borisov Government History of Bulgaria since 1989 References Bulgarian governments 2009 establishments in Bulgaria 2013 disestablishments in Bulgaria