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Bulgaria: Sofia, anti-government protests continue

EP resolution on the rule of law, which is deteriorating

09 October, 19:31
(ANSA) - SOFIA, 09 OTT - SOFIA, OCTOBER 9 - Yesterday, for the 92nd day in a row, popular demonstrations took place in Sofia to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Attorney General Ivan Gheshev, accused of corruption and arbitration, and of serving interests of oligarchs and mafia, and not those of citizens. Bulgarian media underlined that the main event commented on by those who took to the streets was yesterday's resolution of the European Parliament on the significant deterioration of the rule of law, democracy, and fundamental rights, including the independence of the judiciary, the separation of powers, the fight against corruption and media freedom in Bulgaria. According to the protesters, the European Parliament's resolution is "the beginning of the end of Borissov's era," which "is leading Bulgaria out of the EU." Representatives of the center-right ruling party Gerb, a member of the EPP, whose leader is premier Borissov, called the resolution "a derogatory slander." (ANSA).

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