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Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission started registering Tuesday Parties and coalitions, willing to join the race in the snap general election in May. File photo
Parties and coalitions, willing to join the race in Bulgaria's snap general election in May, started submitting documents Tuesday for registration with the electoral body.
Following the tradition, the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) was the first one to bring the documents to be registered.
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, arrived at the Central Electoral Commission, (CEC), building in downtown Sofia, slightly before 9 am.
CEC began accepting documents at 9 am on March 19. The closing time is 5 pm. The deadline for registration expires at 6 pm on March 27.
Parties have up to March 27 to collect 7 000 signatures and a deposit of BGN 10 000 which they will get back if they overcome a threshold of 0.1% from the entire vote.
The deadline for registering coalitions or changing their membership is 5 pm on April 1.
The deadline for changing a coalition by removing a party from it is 5 pm on April 6.
Members of the youth unit of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's GERB party were once again on duty at the entrance of the CEC building to make sure their political formation registers first.
The first shift started at 7 am last Friday. The guards changed every 7 hours.
Tsvetanov said Tuesday that GERB had collected 55 213 signatures in just a day and a half.
He explained the desire and the tradition to register first came from young GERB followers on their own initiative.
The former Minister stated GERB was working intensely on preparing for the election, but declined offering details on concrete names on the ballots.
He only informed that talks with local structures were beginning on Tuesday, stressing Borisov will have the final call about the ballots.
On February 21, Bulgaria's Parliament approved the resignation of Borisov's GERB government amidst unprecedented since 1997 protest rallies against sky-high utility bills, monopolies, stagnation, corruption and wide-spread poverty, which later turned into a civil unrest and political demands.
Snap general election is to be held May 12, just two months ahead of the regular date in July.
President, Rosen Plevneliev, named the caretaker government on March 12.
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