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The leader of the parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Lyutvi Mestan. Photo by BGNES
The language of hate and animosity is a challenge similar to the economic crisis, Lyutvi Mestan from the ethnic Turkish DPS party declared Tuesday.
Mestan spoke as the leader of the parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) during the official opening session of the 41st General Assembly.
"The 41st General Assembly faces the challenge of disallowing hate to turn into a political category. Disagreement is a political category, not hate," Mestan pointed out, adding DPS had the support of 610 521 voters despite the unprecedented anti-DPS campaign.
In comparison with 2001, DPS had expanded the voters' trust by 75%, which is a phenomenal increase, and a stark proof that attempts to strike the party's 20-year-long contributions to the country would fail, according to the DPS parliamentary leader.
"The attitude towards the DPS vote is fundamental and crucial for the normal functioning of Bulgarian democracy and a measure of political culture. The DPS supporters are part of Bulgarian people, but are they an integral part? To see the DPS vote as unequal means to see those Bulgarian citizens as unequal. There isn't a strong State in a divided society," Mestan said.
He vowed the DPS strong support for all anti-crisis measures, but added the party will maintain its own parliamentary profile.
Bulgarian media tycoon and notorious oligarch Delyan Peevski has officially retired the “New Beginning” label as his party prepares for the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to an announcement from the DPS press office
Delyan Peevski, leader of the DPS-New Beginning parliamentary group, issued a strongly worded statement in response to the swearing-in of the “Gyurov” caretaker government before the National Assembly
President Iliana Yotova said efforts are under way to schedule the upcoming parliamentary elections for the earliest possible date after the Easter holidays
Yordan Tsonev, deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of DPS-New Beginning, declared during consultations with President Rumen Radev that the 51st National Assembly has effectively ended its political life and that early elections are necessary.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has declared that it continues to act in the public interest, setting aside narrow partisan and political ambitions amid growing tensions within the ruling coalition
A new Gallup survey conducted in Bulgaria during the first half of October shows continued confidence in the government majority and a stable political environment
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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