Bulgaria's parliamentary speaker Georgi Pirinski has sent a letter to the Jewish organization Shalom on Wednesday in relation to the intentions of a group of nationalist to create a national guard.
Pirinski's letter is a response to the organization's condemnation of the stood against the nationalists' initiative to establish voluntary teams for self-defence of the population under extreme circumstances.
"I do share your worries about the creation of such formations, which are against the law and the constitution of Bulgaria," reads the letter.
Pirinski has already sent a copy of the letter to the civil society parliamentary commission and to the media, asking them to review the casus and propose an adequate parliamentary reaction.
The Bulgarian People's Union, self-proclaimed as modern nationalists, announced on Sunday plans to organize the population at grass-roots and set up voluntary teams for self-defence under extreme circumstances. The move was said to be the first step toward establishing Bulgarian National Guard.
The initiative was a response to the recent Roma revolt in Sofia's Krasna Polyana district and reignited the debate over racial discrimination.