Several dozens of protesters laid flowers before the Parliament Sunday mourning the Bulgarian democracy. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
About one hundred people, mostly university student leaders and retirees, gathered Sunday for the fifth consecutive day of the daily protests in downtown Sofia.
The small number of protesters laid clove pinks and other flowers on the metal fences before the Parliamentary building, and lit candles "in memory of the stifled Bulgarian democracy and freedom of expression". They also wrapped some of the metal fences with toilet paper.
The impromptu mourning ceremony was guarded by a very small number of policemen, unlike the previous days of the protests.
The organizers have called off all protests for Monday and Tuesday but are expecting a huge protest rally before the Parliament on Wednesday.