Bulgaria's MPs Pass Audit Office Act Amendments

Bugarian lawmakers passed at first reading amendments to the National Audit Office Act. File photo.

Bulgarian lawmakers passed at first reading amendments to National Audit Office act.

The draft was voted in favor by 180 MPs, 77 were against and one MP abstained. As expected, the opposition was against the proposed amendments.

The National Audit Office draft was adopted after re-vote requested by Menda Stoyanova from center-right opposition GERB party who claimed that "the new law was a retrograde step", Bulgaria's BGNES news agency reports.