Bulgarian government will not appeal the ruling of the three-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) of October 9, which annulled the selection of Turkey's Koc Holding/Turk Telekom as buyer of 65% of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC). The 14-day term for appeal expired yesterday. The news was confirmed by the cabinet's legal adviser, Maria Milosheva, who declined to comment on the motives. There is a political decision for closure of a deal with Austria's Viva Ventures. On the one hand, the lawyers are aware that SAC's five-member jury will reject the appeal because the cabinet's May 10 decision was ruled void. On the other hand, the ministers and the premier himself are in a shock after the defeat the ruling party suffered at the local elections and have decided to strengthen their positions and improve their rating by signing at least one key deal: that on the national telecom. Observers comment that a possible failure of the BTC deal will be a negative message to foreign investors and western partners about the situation in which Saxe Coburg-Gotha's government is after the elections. The difference between the premier and Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Ahmed Dogan, which could be seen during the first round of the elections, MRF's decision to nominate its own mayor for Sofia and the assessments made after the vote suggest a pending divorce between the government partners. Hence, Dogan no longer has the trumps to force the government out of a deal with Viva Ventures. The outcome will be clear 10 days after the elections, the lawyer of the Austrian company, Ivan Todorov, commented. If by then the company is not invited to sign a deal, we will have to take legal actions to protect our interests, Todorov said. The possible future actions will not be personal but will be directed against the Privatisation Agency as a body with which Viva Ventures has contractual relations.