More than 200 driving instructors from all over the country staged a rally in downtown Sofia on Thursday to protest against newly adopted laws that are believed to aim at imposing monopoly of the branch.

Professionals from the cities of Varna, Burgas, Stara Zagora and Haskovo entered the capital city by their training cars to gather in Alexander Nevski Square.

The instructors demanded that the government should cancel two of the regulations, adopted by the Transport Ministry in January that provide for launching innovations in the sphere, including the development of multimedia training methods.

"The value of a multimedia center is set at about EUR 100,000," protestors explained.

The professionals claim the new rules could lead to closing of 3,000 driving schools across the country.

"Such regulations aim at defending the corporative interests of some big companies and elimination of rivalry," they said.

The protestors are to file an open letter to the Parliamentary Speaker Georgi Pirinski and the chairman of the Transport Committee Yordan Mirchev.

A work group of three representatives of the rallying instructors joined the body's sitting on Thursday afternoon.

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