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According to reports of the Interior Ministry, as cited by the Focus news agency, the rally taking place in downtown Sofia is attended by over 15 000. Photo by BGNES
For a third day in a row, thousands of Bulgarians in Sofia and a few other major cities have taken to the streets to voice their discontent over the policies of the new government and oppose the decision of Parliament to appoint controversial media mogul Delyan Peevski as Chair of the State Agency for National Security (DANS).
According to reports of the Interior Ministry, as cited by the Focus news agency, the rally taking place in downtown Sofia is attended by over 15 000, the demonstrators in Plovdiv are around 3000 and the protesters in Varna are around 1000.
The protesters are chanting "Mafia" and "Resign", seeking an end of the rule of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party, and nationalist party Ataka.
The people are demanding the resignation of the government of Prime Minister Oresharski, new elections, a change of the corrupt political model, and a new Constitution.
The protesters also call for judicial reform, reduction in state subsidies for political parties, changes to the Election Code, and the introduction of electronic voting, according to reports of mediapool.bg
Rallies have been scheduled in Plovdiv, Ruse, Burgas, Pleven, Sliven, Stara Zagora, Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo, etc.
On Friday, Bulgaria's Parliament appointed Delyan Peevski, media mogul and MP of ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), as head of DANS, stirring a wave of protests across the country.
The step caused President Rosen Plevneliev to ask Parliament to reconsider the decision.
Plevneliev also scheduled an extraordinary meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security for June 20.
On Saturday, Peevski issued a statement saying that he was ready to step down "in the name of citizens, society and the state."
However, the move failed to curb the massive peaceful protests in the country, with thousands gathering in Sofia and other major cities for a second day on Saturday.
Many protesters demanded the resignation of the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, which took over at the end of May.
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