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Left-wing Bulgarian MP Petar Korumbashev. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB has been too much into freezing, the oppositional Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has stated in a reaction to the government's decision to suspend ACTA.
"It seems the freezer is getting too full. What does freezing the ratification of ACTA mean? It may be unfrozen tomorrow," BSP MP Petar Korumbashev commented on Wednesday, as cited by dnevnik.bg.
The left-wing lawmaker noted that suspending does not mean a refusal to ratify the trade agreement, pointing out that his party has come up with a declaration that clearly expresses its intention not to support the potential ratification of ACTA.
The three-way coalition government (2005-2009) that was headed by BSP did not agree to sign ACTA but only participated in the negotiation process, Korumbashev further stated.
On Tuesday, Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov declared Bulgaria will freeze its participation in the controversial international Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA, and assumed full responsibility for signing it, despite the fact that negotiations on it have started as early as 2006, long before he became member of the cabinet.
On Wednesday, Traikov declared he was ready to resign over the ACTA controversy.
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