Bulgarian Parliament to Retract Shocking Appointment of National Security Head

Politics » DOMESTIC | June 19, 2013, Wednesday // 07:57
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Parliament to Retract Shocking Appointment of National Security Head Delyan Peevski, a controversial Bulgarian lawmaker and media mogul. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria’s Parliament is expected to retract on Wednesday the appointment of controversial businessman Delyan Peevski as head of the country’s State Agency for National Security (DANS).

The election of Peevski, a 32-year-old media mogul and MP from the predominantly ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party (DPS), stirred a wave of massive protests across the country, with tens of thousands of Bulgarians taking to the streets for five days now.

DPS and the Bulgarian Socialist Party are expected to reinstate Peevski as lawmaker on Wednesday, even though experts have raised the question whether they have the legal grounds to do so.

Peevski’s reinstatement as Member of Parliament is likely to trigger fresh protests against the Socialist-led government of PM Plamen Oresharski, which took oath of office just three weeks ago.

The opposition center-right GERB party of former PM Boyko Borisov is expected to boycott Wednesday’s Parliament sitting.

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