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Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Lyutvi Mestan. Photo by BGNES
Local election authorities have slapped a fine on Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Bulgarian ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, for addressing his constituents in Turkish.
Mestan addressed voters in Turkish during an election campaign rally in the village of Yablanovo on May 5.
Yablanovo mayor Dzhemal Choban has received a bill of indictment for addressing voters in Turkish during the same rally.
In February, Bulgaria’s Parliament rejected a proposal to allow interpretation in languages other than Bulgarian during election campaigns.
The center-right GERB government of former PM Boyko Borisov resigned amid massive protests against corruption and poverty in February, prompting President Rosen Plevneliev to adjourn the Parliament, appoint a caretaker Cabinet and schedule snap elections for May 12.
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms will surely obtain seats in Parliament after the vote, according to pollsters.
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