“The endeavor to fast-track the legislative process produces poor quality laws,” Assoc. Prof. Natalia Kiselova, lecturer in constitutional law said for the BNR. In her words the past decades have seen the establishment of lasting tendencies leading to poor-quality legislation in Bulgaria.
The share of bills submitted by individual MPs is currently approximately 70% as against 30% submitted by the government. Years ago it was the other way round. Practice in parliamentary countries with well-established traditions is for government bills to predominate, Assoc. Prof. Kiselova said.
“The expertise of government service officials is by far higher than the capacity of an individual member of parliament,” she added.
With 128 votes in favour, 56 against and six abstentions, the National Assembly elected Maria Filipova, the chair of the Consumer Protection Commission, as deputy ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria. She received support from MPs belonging to..
Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov's attendance at a military parade in China provoked a strong reaction from We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) , who submitted a declaration to the National Assembly. Speaking from the parliamentary..
The autumn session of the 51st Bulgarian National Assembly was opened with the anthems of the Republic of Bulgaria and the European Union, after which the parliamentary speaker Natalia Kiselova called on the deputies to be fully aware of the..
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