Bulgaria President Resigned to Veto Rejection

Bulgaria’s President, Georgi Parvanov, announced Thursday he had no choice but to sign the Election Act. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov, stated Thursday that rejecting a presidential veto is the constitutional right of the Parliament.

Parvanov returned Wednesday the Election Act to be reexamined by the Members of the Parliament (MPs) because he is opposed to the clause raising the coalitions' threshold from 4% to 8%. The temporary Parliamentary Commission on election legislation rejected the veto later in the day.

The President, cited by Darik radio, said Thursday that he had no choice but to sign the Election Act. The State Leader voiced again his opposition to the threshold clause basing it on the argument that coalitions were to remain in the country's political life for quite a while thus they need to be supported.

"The Act, however, is not going to help reinstate people's trust in politics," Parvanov said, adding that it was going to, without any doubt, create serious problems for a number of political parties.

In response to accusations from the opposition that he needed to veto all amendments, not just the threshold one, the President explained that he favors the majority election system and the mixed system approved by the MPs was a good start and compromise.

 

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