Opposition: Power Hike in Bulgaria Will Cause Snap Elections

Movement for Rights and Freedoms vice-chair Rushen Riza. Photo by BGNES.

Bulgaria will hold snap elections before the end of the coming winter as the raise of the price of electricity and natural gas will exhaust citizens, according to opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms vice-chair Rushen Riza.

Sunday Riza and the liberal Movement's parliamentary group leader Yordan Tsonev spoke at a regional conference of the party in Varna.

"The new prices of electricity and natural gas will dramatically reduce trust in the ruling GERB party," argued Riza.

Bulgaria's state energy regulator has mandated a 13% hike in the price of electricity, effective July 1.

At the same time Tsonev forecasted that if regular parliamentary elections are to be held in the summer of 2013, GERB will suffer a crushing defeat.

"I expect that the arrogance that GERB is currently showing while ruling Bulgaria will lead them to a complete election fiasco," stated Tsonev.

He further added that GERB must be very careful in revising Bulgaria's Electoral Code if it wants the next elections to be fully free and fair.

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