Velchev agreed to stay on after consultations with Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, cabinet members and other politicians, and after receiving their vocal support for his tight budgetary policy and efforts to crack down on smuggling.
Velchev je pristao ostati na položaju nakon konzultacija s premijerom Simeonom Saxe-Coburgom, ministrima u vladi i drugim političarima, i nakon što je od njih dobio glasnu potporu svojoj čvrstoj proračunskoj politici i naporima za slamanje krijumčarenja.