Bulgaria’s Parliament rejected a proposal by "Vazrazhdane" to hold Referendums

With the votes of GERB-SDS, WCC-DB and DPS, the Bulgarian parliament rejected the changes to the Law on the direct participation of state power and local self-government, which was introduced by "Vazrazhdane". The pro-Russian party proposed that any parliamentary group, regardless of its size, be able to submit proposals for holding a referendum, reduce the number of signatures required to initiate a poll - from 200,000 to 50,000, remove the restrictions on topics and the lower threshold for recognition of one referendum as valid.

In the debate that lasted more than two and a half hours, the opposition accused the rulers of disrespecting the will of the people, and the rulers accused them of populism and the pursuit of political dividends.

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