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Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov, stated Thursday that rejecting a presidential veto is the constitutional right of the Parliament.
Parvanov returned Wednesday the Election Act to be reexamined by the Members of the Parliament (MPs) because he is opposed to the clause raising the coalitions' threshold from 4% to 8%. The temporary Parliamentary Commission on election legislation rejected the veto later in the day.
The President, cited by Darik radio, said Thursday that he had no choice but to sign the Election Act. The State Leader voiced again his opposition to the threshold clause basing it on the argument that coalitions were to remain in the country's political life for quite a while thus they need to be supported.
"The Act, however, is not going to help reinstate people's trust in politics," Parvanov said, adding that it was going to, without any doubt, create serious problems for a number of political parties.
In response to accusations from the opposition that he needed to veto all amendments, not just the threshold one, the President explained that he favors the majority election system and the mixed system approved by the MPs was a good start and compromise.
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The "We Want to Vote" initiative has launched a new internet site aiming at assisting all Bulgarian expats, who wish to vote in the October 23 presidential elections.
Bulgaria's Supreme Constitutional Court is requesting additional documents and expertise in the case of the summer general elections vote in neighboring Turkey.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ordered the Bulgarian Ambassadors to Turkey and the US to give explanations for ‘disciplinary violations’ in the July 5 general elections.
The popular party of prime minister Boyko Borisov manages to keep and to even increase its lead ahead of the formerly ruling Socialists following their crushing defeat at July 5 general elections, a brand new survey shows.
The Bulgarian central prosecutor's office has announced that the most serious violations have been found in the Turkish polls from the Bulgarian Parliament Elections on July 5.
An inspection by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has found serious violations in the foreign sections during the Parliament Elections on July 5.
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