Bulgaria's Parliament to Stop Demolition of Illegally Built Sole Places of Residence

Politics » DOMESTIC | June 11, 2013, Tuesday // 21:38
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Parliament to Stop Demolition of Illegally Built Sole Places of Residence Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's Parliament may impose a moratorium on the demolition of and bans to use illegal buildings, according to a bill initiated by the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist party, BSP, Sergey Stanishev.

The draft bill for the adoption of such a moratorium was already approved by the ad-hoc parliamentary legal affairs committee.

Bulgarian MPs voted to stop demolition orders and bans on the use of illegal construction when the buildings are used as the sole permanent place of residence.

Under the proposal, the moratorium should also apply for illegal construction on the territory of state, municipal, and private property in the fishing villages along the Black Sea coast.

MPs of the of ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party, DPS, argued that the moratorium had to apply only in cases when the demolition orders had been issued for the sole place of residence of a household.

DPS MPChetin Kazak explained that the bill had to be amended before it was conclusively adopted.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Domestic » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: Sergey Stanishev, Bulgarian Socialist Party, illegal construction, moratorium, ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party, Chetin Kazak

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria