Bulgaria Vice-President Attacks Government Citizenship Plan
Society | October 31, 2009, Saturday
Bulgaria Vice-President Angel Marin (R) has criticized the government's plans to give out Bulgarian citizenship, while in Sliven. Photo by Darik News
Bulgaria Vice-President Angel Marin has criticized the idea of granting 30 or 60 000 foreigners Bulgarian citizenship "all at once".
Marin, replying to the government’s plan to unblock the citizenship application process, stated that only 7 000 people this year will claim Bulgarian citizenship. He added that the number of people who actually want to claim Bulgarian citizenship continues to fall sharply, from a high of 29 000 in 2004 to a current 7 000.
He concluded that to give Bulgarian citizenship to more people than want to claim it is a waste of energy and money. Marin added that it was not the way to solve the demographic problems in the country.
The amendments of the Bulgarian Citizenship Act will allow for 30 000 individuals to become Bulgarian citizens each year, the Minister for Bulgarians Abroad Bozhidar Dimitrov said Friday.
Dimitrov added that currently there is a backlog of at least 50 000 applications that have piled up since 2005.
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