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Society | August 30, 2011, Tuesday // 17:56
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Bulgarian Commission for Consumer Protection head Damyan Lazarov has resigned Tuesday. Photo by BGNES
The head of the Bulgarian state consumer protection watchdog Damyan Lazarov has resigned by request of PM Boyko Borisov, it was announced Tuesday.
Wednesday the Bulgarian cabinet is expected to accept the resignation of the head of the Commission for Consumer Protection.
It was explained that the Bulgarian PM has requested the resignation to achieve "a better harmonization and stronger results in the area of consumer protection."
Lazarov has been working as an expert at the Commission since 1998 and has been chairing it since 2000.
March 2010 the Bulgarian cabinet released from its duty all members of the consumer protection unit save its chair Lazarov.
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