Bulgaria State Gazette Blunder Called "Lapsus"

Parliamentary speaker Tsetska Tsacheva has claimed responsibility for the error. Photo by BGNES

An amendment to the law on drugs, which was published in Bulgaria's State Gazette without the approval of the parliament or the president, has been innocently passed off as an involuntary mistake.

“A probe has shown that what I have done is an involuntary mistake, which has been corrected the very same day,” said on Thursday Plamen Tsekov, MP from the ruling GERB party, who has been accused by the opposition of lobbying and forging a part of the law on drugs.

The illegitimate amendment was published in the State Gazette edition on March 23 and actually relieved the regime for advertising agencies to use images, resembling drugs.

Experts have commented that a legislative amendment can not be treated as a technical change and should also be given the green light by the parliament and the president, which has called the incident “a precedent”.

The parliamentary health commission put to the vote the amendment on Thursday and corrected the mistake.

Parliamentary speaker Tsetska Tsacheva explained that the MPs have the final word and claimed responsibility for the error.

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