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Roma Political Structures in Bulgaria Considered Inefficient

Politics | July 8, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

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Roma political structures in Bulgaria are inefficient and need to involve more actively in the state administration, report of the US National Democracy Institute (NDI) showed.

In February-March 2003 the NDI made a research on the opportunities for Roma political integration in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia.

Members of the Roma minorities in the three countries vote in the elections but lack clear regulations about their political representatives' work, the NDI report showed. Roma political parties also have a tendency to center around their leaders and are unable to make professional decisions.

The report also criticized minor Roma share in Bulgaria's Parliament. Considering that Roma people make for five percent of Bulgaria's population, they need more than two MPs, the report suggested.

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