New Snap Polls Loom Large in Bulgaria

Domestic | June 26, 2013, Wednesday // 15:00|  views

Though the protests began in reaction to Peevski appointment, they have turned into demonstrations against the Socialist-backed government, headed by Plamen Oresharski. Photo by Dimiter Muftieff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party is also bracing up for new early elections in September amid fears the opposition will continue to hamper the work of parliament.

The Socialists are almost convinced that the leader of the nationalists party Ataka Volen Siderov and his MPs will boycott the parliament on Thursday again and the plenary sitting will have to be cancelled, just like on Wednesday, the leadership of the Parliamentary Group “Coalition for Bulgaria” told novinite.bg.

Members of the center-right party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, are also boycotting the parliamentary sittings, saying they will attend only if changes to the Election Code are on the agenda.

The Socialists forecast that if they have to resign under the pressure of the circumstances, there would be no fight for power within this Parliament.

President Rosen Plevneliev would appoint an interim government that would prepare the new early parliamentary elections within 2-3 months.

This means that the old Election Code would apply for the new vote, since the interim government does not have legislative powers and since the parliament would be dissolved.

The news comes just a day after Bulgaria's former Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov stated that early general elections in September would be the best scenario for the country.

Commenting on the massive anti-government rallies in Bulgaria, Tsvetanov, who is a key official of the center-right GERB party, said that the country was “already in a pre-election situation.”

He noted that the Socialist-led government has brought about “a deficit of trust” in major democratic institutions after just three weeks in power.

“We should proceed towards early general elections in September, and we should answer the expectations for Elections Code amendments. The sooner, the better for Bulgaria,” Tsvetanov told reporters.

Bulgaria's new PM Plamen Oresharski, appointed by parliament May 29, has provoked the ire of parts of the public by making a number of questionable appointments – most notably that of national security head Delyan Peevski.

Peevski’s appointment was reversed by Parliament last week. However, the move has failed to appease protesters, who have demanded the government’s resignation.

The GERB government of former PM Boyko Borisov resigned in February amid protests triggered by corruption and poverty.

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