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Two women, 46 and 50-year-of-age were detained, and 25 IDs and BGN 360 were confiscated. File photo
Numerous case of vote trading have been intercepted by the police officials the day before the elections for Bulgarian parliament on July 5.
A 35-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trading votes. The police in the near to capital Sofia, Pernik, together with the national security agency (DANS) found a list of 123 names with sums written for each one.
After the investigation continued, the police confiscated from the house of a 32-year-old man two personal computer and peaces of paper with names, dates, and amounts of money written on them.
In another police action in Parnik, a notebook computer and document have been confiscated by a 28-year-old man. Some of the people who are in the list of names have been found, and are being interrogated.
The police in the town of Roman have arrested a woman, who had 25 IDs with her. Around 10 am on Saturday, the police received an anonymous call that two women were travailing in a cab towards the town, and intended to boy votes.
The two women, 46 and 50-year-of-age were detained, and 25 IDs and BGN 360 were confiscated. Almost all of the documents found in the action belong to representatives of ethnic minorities.
Two man, one 19-year-old and the other one 26-year-old, have been arrested in the town of Pordim, Pleven distric. They took 28 IDs from people from the village of Zgalevo, and promissed them to pay them BGN 20 if they vote for a particular political party. Both of them will be kept in detention for 24 hour. The prosecutor's office is investigating the case.
A total of 26 individuals were apprehended during a law enforcement operation in Sofia's "Hristo Botev" district, targeting various criminal activities including vote buying
Hours separate us from the solution of the political puzzle, which we have never been able to solve in recent months. Today is a day for reflection and any agitation is forbidden. In the country and abroad, the preparations for the vote are in full swing,
Between 12 and 17 per cent of all voting sections in the April 4 general elections in Bulgaria were at a high risk for vote trading, according to a new study of the Anti-Corruption Fund (ACF) that was presented on Thursday.
The Chairman of the State Agency for National Security (DANS) Dimitar Georgiev was relieved of his post following a decision of the Council of Ministers.
"The interest of foreign intelligence services in the political, economic, social and defense and security spheres in Bulgaria remains constant", states the annual report on the activities of the State Agency for National Security (DANS) in 2020.
A criminal group involved in vote buying has been uncovered, prosecutors said.
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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