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MRF front-bench MPs at a press conference Tuesday. Photo by BGNES
Democracy in Bulgaria is in peril, according to a statement by opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms following municipal elections in the village of Tuhovishta.
MPs from the party, which is traditionally supported by Bulgaria's sizeable Turkish minority, protested Tuesday against what they saw as significant violations during the vote, and said they bode ill for Bulgaria's general elections in the summer of 2013.
Elections for the mayor of the south-western Bulgarian village took place on Sunday, after the fall 2011 vote was declared invalid due to violations.
The candidate of the Movement and the candidate of ruling Bulgarian center-right GERB party received an exact equal of 272 votes each and will face each other in a run-off Sunday this week.
In particular, MRF MPs objected to a change of the local election committee's head at the last minute without due observation of the required procedure.
In addition, they claimed that a ballot for GERB that was manifestly invalid was later re-assessed and declared valid.
Further, the Movement's MPs said that there was an unwarrantedly high police presence in the village, suggesting that the government has exercized executive pressure on locals to vote for GERB.
They added that they will send an official question regarding the matter to GERB vice-chair and Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov.
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