Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov fired 51 collaborators of the parliament commissions and with the same order appointed other 63. This resulted in protests coming from the Union of Democratic Forces. `This is a political purge that contradicts the intentions of continuity in administration composition, declared by the ruling Simeon II National Movement`, Dimiter Abadgiev, the Deputy Chairman of the UDF, said. `The parliament deputy chairmen and commissions` chairmen have the right to choose the team they would like to work with`, SNM Floor leader Plamen Panayotov said. The opposition UDF is determined to bring the case to the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission.

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